CVE-2014-1874 Information

Description

The security_context_to_sid_core function in security/selinux/ss/services.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging the CAP_MAC_ADMIN capability to set a zero-length security context.

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2172fa709ab32ca60e86179dc67d0857be8e2c98 http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0771.html http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3043.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html http://secunia.com/advisories/59262 http://secunia.com/advisories/59309 http://secunia.com/advisories/59406 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65459 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2128-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2129-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2133-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2134-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2135-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2136-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2137-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2138-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2139-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2140-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2141-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062356 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2172fa709ab32ca60e86179dc67d0857be8e2c98