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HistoryJun 18, 2014 - 12:00 a.m.

linux-2.6 - security update

2014-06-1800:00:00
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0.006 Low

EPSS

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79.1%

Pinkie Pie discovered an issue in the futex subsystem that
allows a local user to gain ring 0 control via the futex syscall. An
unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the kernel (resulting in
denial of service) or for privilege escalation.

The restore_fpu_checking function in
arch/x86/include/asm/fpu-internal.h in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 on the
AMD K7 and K8 platforms does not clear pending exceptions before proceeding
to an EMMS instruction, which allows local users to cause a denial of
service (task kill) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application.

For Debian 6 Squeeze, these issues have been fixed in linux-2.6 version 2.6.32-48squeeze7