A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's futex subsystem handled the requeuing of certain Priority Inheritance (PI) futexes. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system.
Find out more about CVE-2014-3153 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue did not affect the versions of the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
This issue requires local system access to be exploited. We are currently not aware of any working exploit for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 or Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.
| Base Score | 7.2 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | Complete |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support 6.4 (kernel) | RHSA-2014:0900 | 2014-07-17 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (kernel) | RHSA-2014:0771 | 2014-06-19 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (kernel) | RHSA-2014:0786 | 2014-06-24 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Update Support 6.2 (kernel) | RHSA-2014:0800 | 2014-06-26 |
| Red Hat MRG Grid for RHEL 6 Server v.2 (kernel-rt) | RHSA-2014:0913 | 2014-07-22 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel | Not affected |
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