CVE-2014-1874

Description

The security_context_to_sid_core function in security/selinux/ss/services.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging the CAP_MAC_ADMIN capability to set a zero-length security context.

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2172fa709ab32ca60e86179dc67d0857be8e2c98

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0771.html

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3043.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062356

http://secunia.com/advisories/59262

http://secunia.com/advisories/59309

http://secunia.com/advisories/59406

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2172fa709ab32ca60e86179dc67d0857be8e2c98

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.4

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2128-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2129-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2133-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2134-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2135-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2136-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2137-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2138-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2139-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2140-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2141-1

Details

Risk Information

CVSS v2