CVEvulnerability

CVE-2014-1438

4.7 MEDIUM Published 2014-01-18 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2014-01-18
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.7 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-264

Description

The restore_fpu_checking function in arch/x86/include/asm/fpu-internal.h in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 on the AMD K7 and K8 platforms does not clear pending exceptions before proceeding to an EMMS instruction, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (task kill) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 3.12.7) • linux linux kernel 3.12 • linux linux kernel 3.12.1 • linux linux kernel 3.12.2 • linux linux kernel 3.12.3 • linux linux kernel 3.12.4 • linux linux kernel 3.12.5 • linux linux kernel 3.12.6

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

References