CVE-2014-3534

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-3534
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-08-01 11:13:09 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionarch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel before 3.15.8 on the s390 platform does not properly restrict address-space control operations in PTRACE_POKEUSR_AREA requests, which allows local users to obtain read and write access to kernel memory locations, and consequently gain privileges, via a crafted application that makes a ptrace system call.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-269 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
s390/ptrace: fix PSW mask check · torvalds/linux@dab6cf5 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Linux Kernel CVE-2014-3534 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.15.8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2992-1 linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Linux Kernel s390 Ptrace Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Broken Link
Bug 1114089 – CVE-2014-3534 kernel: s390: ptrace: insufficient sanitization when setting psw mask af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
www.osvdb.org/109546 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org Broken Link
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
CVE-2014-3534 - Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
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