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MAGEIA-2014-61

MAGEIA-2014-61 PUBLISHED

This kernel update provides an update to 3.12.9 and fixes the following critical security issue: Pageexec reported a bug in the Linux kernel's recvmmsg syscall when called from code using the x32 ABI. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or gain administrator privileges (CVE-2014-0038). Other changes are in the referenced changelog.

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Mageiaxfce4-session4.10.1-6.1.mga4, 0
Mageiakernel-linus0, 3.12.9-1.mga4, 0

Timeline

  • Feb 12, 2014 CVE Updated
  • Feb 12, 2014 CVE Published
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