CVE-2014-2889

Off-by-one error in the bpf_jit_compile function in arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1.8, when BPF JIT is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a long jump after a conditional jump.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.6 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2014-04-27

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-189

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a03ffcf873fe0f2565386ca8ef832144c42e67fa
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1.8
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/18/6
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a03ffcf873fe0f2565386ca8ef832144c42e67fa