CVE-2014-8159

The InfiniBand (IB) implementation in the Linux kernel package before 2.6.32-504.12.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 does not properly restrict use of User Verbs for registration of memory regions, which allows local users to access arbitrary physical memory locations, and consequently cause a denial of service (system crash) or gain privileges, by leveraging permissions on a uverbs device under /dev/infiniband/.

Date published : 2015-03-16

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73060

http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705