FS#40232 - [linux] CVE-2014-0196 kernel: pty layer race condition leading to memory corruption

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Daniel Micay (thestinger) - Monday, 05 May 2014, 23:53 GMT
Last edited by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Monday, 12 May 2014, 19:53 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Kernel
Status Closed
Assigned To Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Thomas Bächler (brain0)
Architecture All
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 3
Private No
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Closed by  Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Monday, 12 May 2014, 19:53 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  3.14.3-2
Comment by Daniel Micay (thestinger) - Wednesday, 07 May 2014, 21:23 GMT
This is still present in 3.14.3-1 since a fix wasn't committed upstream yet (it's in linux-next). There's a proof of concept causing a crash, but it's almost certainly exploitable too: http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/250
Comment by Christian Hesse (eworm) - Monday, 12 May 2014, 11:35 GMT
Prepared a patch against current files in abs.
   0001-fix-CVE-2014-0196.patch (5.1 KiB)

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