Advisories » MGASA-2014-0039

Updated kernel package fixes a critical security issue

Publication date: 08 Feb 2014
Modification date: 08 Feb 2014
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 4
CVE: CVE-2014-0038

Description

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)

It also fixes an issue where some laptops are forced to use
vesa driver & No ACPI (mga#6077)

For other changes, see the referenced changelog.
                

References

• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6077
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12522
• https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.9
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0038

SRPMS

4/core

• kernel-3.12.9-1.mga4
• kernel-userspace-headers-3.12.9-1.mga4
• kmod-vboxadditions-4.3.6-9.mga4
• kmod-virtualbox-4.3.6-9.mga4
• kmod-xtables-addons-2.3-41.mga4

4/nonfree

• kmod-broadcom-wl-6.30.223.141-25.mga4.nonfree
• kmod-fglrx-13.251-10.mga4.nonfree
• kmod-nvidia173-173.14.39-11.mga4.nonfree
• kmod-nvidia304-304.119-3.mga4.nonfree
• kmod-nvidia-current-325.15-7.mga4.nonfree