The InfiniBand (IB) implementation in the Linux kernel package before 2.6.32-504.12.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 does not properly restrict use of User Verbs for registration of memory regions, which allows local users to access arbitrary physical memory locations, and consequently cause a denial of service (system crash) or gain privileges, by leveraging permissions on a uverbs device under /dev/infiniband/.

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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-246-1 linux-2.6 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-246-2 linux-2.6 regression update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3237-1 linux security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-8000 The InfiniBand (IB) implementation in the Linux kernel package before 2.6.32-504.12.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 does not properly restrict use of User Verbs for registration of memory regions, which allows local users to access arbitrary physical memory locations, and consequently cause a denial of service (system crash) or gain privileges, by leveraging permissions on a uverbs device under /dev/infiniband/.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2525-1 Linux kernel vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2526-1 Linux kernel vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2527-1 Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2528-1 Linux kernel vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2529-1 Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2530-1 Linux kernel vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2561-1 Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
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http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152747.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00004.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00007.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00008.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00009.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00011.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0674.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0695.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0726.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0751.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0782.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0783.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0803.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0870.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0919.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3237 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73060 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032224 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2525-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2526-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2527-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2528-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2529-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2530-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2561-1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181166 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8159 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8159 cve-icon
History

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{'score': 0.00127}

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{'score': 0.00077}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:10:50.879Z

Reserved: 2014-10-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-8159

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-03-16T10:59:01.880

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-8159

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2015-03-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-8159 - Bugzilla

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