NVD

Id
35366  
Name
CVE-2014-8159  
Description
The InfiniBand (IB) implementation in the Linux kernel package before 2.6.32-504.12.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 does not properly restrict use of User Verbs for registration of memory regions, which allows local users to access arbitrary physical memory locations, and consequently cause a denial of service (system crash) or gain privileges, by leveraging permissions on a uverbs device under /dev/infiniband/.  
Reject
 
CVSS Version
2  
CVSS Score
6.9  
Severity
Medium  
CVSS Base Score
6.9  
CVSS Impact Subscore
10  
CVSS Exploit Subscore
3.4  
CVSS Vector
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)  
Pub Date
2017-01-19  
Published
2015-03-16  
Modified Date
2017-01-02  
Seq
2014-8159  

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