CVE-2014-8159

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8159
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https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2014-8159.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2014-8159
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Published
2015-03-16T10:59:01Z
Modified
2025-08-09T20:01:28Z
Summary
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Details

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/.

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Affected packages