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CVE-2014-2673

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Date: March 31, 2014

The arch_dup_task_struct function in the Transactional Memory (TM) implementation in arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.7 on the powerpc platform does not properly interact with the clone and fork system calls, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (Program Check and system crash) via certain instructions that are executed with the processor in the Transactional state.

Language: C

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Related Resources (12)

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-2673
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/92113
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.7
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2673
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66477
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/621b5060e823301d0cba4cb52a7ee3491922d291
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=621b5060e823301d0cba4cb52a7ee3491922d291
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.15
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2673
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/30/5
http://secunia.com/advisories/57436
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-2673

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CWE-20

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CVSS v3

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Scope (S):
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

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Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH
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