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CVE-2014-1438

Date: January 18, 2014

The restore_fpu_checking function in arch/x86/include/asm/fpu-internal.h in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 on the AMD K7 and K8 platforms does not clear pending exceptions before proceeding to an EMMS instruction, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (task kill) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.1

Related Resources (25)

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1052914

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/26bef1318adc1b3a530ecc807ef99346db2aa8b0

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-January/126858.html

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

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

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

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2113-1

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

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1438

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

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=26bef1318adc1b3a530ecc807ef99346db2aa8b0

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-January/126874.html

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029592

Url: https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/1/9/637

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/14/1

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1438

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:038

Url: http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2013/Vm86SyscallTaskSwitchKernelPanic/

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.8

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2117-1

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

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

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64781

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-1438

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-1438

Severity Score

5.1

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.1
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.7
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2014-1438

Date: January 18, 2014

Language: C

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Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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