SB2014032407 - Information disclosure in Linux kernel
Published: March 24, 2014 Updated: June 4, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014032407
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0131)
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the skb_segment() function in net/core/skbuff.c. A local user can gain access to sensitive information.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1074589
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg274250.html
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg274316.html
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1fd819ecb90cc9b822cd84d3056ddba315d3340f
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/10/4
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1fd819ecb90cc9b822cd84d3056ddba315d3340f