CVE-2014-0038: Linux Kernel Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
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The impact is a sort of arbitrary kernel write-where-what primitive by unprivileged users where the to-be-written area must contain valid timespec data initially (the first 64 bit long field must be positive
and the second one must be < 1G).
The bug was introduced by commit http://git.kernel.org/linus/ee4fa23c4b (other uses of COMPAT_USE_64BIT_TIME seem fine) and should affect all kernels since 3.4 (and perhaps vendor kernels if they backported x32 support along with this code). Note that CONFIG_X86_X32_ABI gets enabled at build time and only if CONFIG_X86_X32 is enabled and ld can build x32
executables.
Linux Kernel 'compat_sys_recvmmsg()' Function Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
The Linux Kernel is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability.
A remote attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges, corrupt the kernel memory, obtain sensitive information or crash the kernel; resulting in a denial-of-service condition.
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