CVE-2014-3534 in Kernelinfo

Summary

arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel before 3.15.8 on the s390 platform does not properly restrict address-space control operations in PTRACE_POKEUSR_AREA requests, which allows local users to obtain read and write access to kernel memory locations, and consequently gain privileges, via a crafted application that makes a ptrace system call.

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05/14/2014

Disclosure

08/01/2014

Status

Confirmed

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