CVE-2014-9903

Description

The sched_read_attr function in kernel/sched/core.c in the Linux kernel 3.14-rc before 3.14-rc4 uses an incorrect size, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted sched_getattr system call.

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4efbc454ba68def5ef285b26ebfcfdb605b52755

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91511

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4efbc454ba68def5ef285b26ebfcfdb605b52755

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3

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