4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
5.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
arch/s390/kernel/head64.S in the Linux kernel before 3.13.5 on the s390 platform does not properly handle attempted use of the linkage stack, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by executing a crafted instruction.
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8d7f6690cedb83456edd41c9bd583783f0703bf0
linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0771.html
secunia.com/advisories/59262
secunia.com/advisories/59309
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.5
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/20/14
www.securityfocus.com/bid/65700
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1067558
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8d7f6690cedb83456edd41c9bd583783f0703bf0