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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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2992-1 linux security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-3529 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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T10:50:16.887Z

Reserved: 2014-05-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-3534

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-08-01T11:13:09.023

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-3534

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2014-07-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-3534 - Bugzilla

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