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/.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2015-03-16T10:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T13:10:50.879Z
Reserved: 2014-10-10T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2014-8159
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NVD
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2015-03-16T10:59:01.880
Modified: 2024-06-06T19:46:16.053
Link: CVE-2014-8159
Redhat