The compat_sys_recvmmsg function in net/compat.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.2, when CONFIG_X86_X32 is enabled, allows local users to…

Description

The compat_sys_recvmmsg function in net/compat.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.2, when CONFIG_X86_X32 is enabled, allows local users to gain privileges via a recvmmsg system call with a crafted timeout pointer parameter.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

35.5% · top 1.5% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (19)

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2def2ef2ae5f3990aabdbe8a755911902707d268 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-2096-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• https://github.com/saelo/cve-2014-0038 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• USN-2095-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=DH3Lbg54 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=338594 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• USN-2094-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• MDVSA-2014:038 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 56669 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 65255 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2def2ef2ae5f3990aabdbe8a755911902707d268 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 40503 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060023 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2014:0204 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 31347 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2014:0205 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 31346 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20140131 Linux 3.4+: arbitrary write with CONFIG_X86_X32 (CVE-2014-0038) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 08:58 UTC.