CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-3534
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2014-08-01
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
Description
arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel before 3.15.8 on the s390 platform does not properly restrict address-space control operations in PTRACE_POKEUSR_AREA requests, which allows local users to obtain read and write access to kernel memory locations, and consequently gain privileges, via a crafted application that makes a ptrace system call.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 3.2.62)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.3 < 3.4.101)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.5 < 3.10.51)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.11 < 3.12.27)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.13 < 3.14.15)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.15 < 3.15.8)
• debian debian linux 7.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=dab6cf55f81a6e16b8147aed9a843e1691dcd318 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59790 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60351 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2992 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.15.8 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/109546 Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68940 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030683 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1114089 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95069 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/dab6cf55f81a6e16b8147aed9a843e1691dcd318 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=dab6cf55f81a6e16b8147aed9a843e1691dcd318 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59790 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60351 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2992 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.15.8 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/109546 Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68940 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030683 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1114089 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95069 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/dab6cf55f81a6e16b8147aed9a843e1691dcd318 Patch, Third Party Advisory