PT-2016-3548 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2016-06-27 · Updated 2016-11-28 · CVE-2014-9903

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions 3.14-rc through 3.14-rc3

Description The issue allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory. This is due to the sched read attr function in kernel/sched/core.c using an incorrect size when handling a crafted sched getattr system call.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions 3.14-rc through 3.14-rc3, update to version 3.14-rc4 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-9903

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 7

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4efbc454ba68def5ef285b26ebfcfdb605b52755 · Vendor Advisory
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4efbc454ba68def5ef285b26ebfcfdb605b52755 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9903 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9903 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9903 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9903 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/91511 · Note