kernel: two vulnerabilities
| Package(s): | kernel | CVE #(s): | CVE-2014-0205 CVE-2014-3535 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Created: | September 10, 2014 | Updated: | October 8, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description: | From the Red Hat advisory:
A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's futex subsystem handled reference counting when requeuing futexes during futex_wait(). A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to zero out the reference counter of an inode or an mm struct that backs up the memory area of the futex, which could lead to a use-after-free flaw, resulting in a system crash or, potentially, privilege escalation. (CVE-2014-0205) A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's networking implementation handled logging while processing certain invalid packets coming in via a VxLAN interface. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the system by sending a specially crafted packet to such an interface. (CVE-2014-3535) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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