CVE-2014-4943 Information

Description

The PPPoL2TP feature in net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.6 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging data-structure differences between an l2tp socket and an inet socket.

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3cf521f7dc87c031617fd47e4b7aa2593c2f3daf http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0924.html http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3047.html http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3048.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/1 http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/109277 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1025.html http://secunia.com/advisories/59790 http://secunia.com/advisories/60011 http://secunia.com/advisories/60071 http://secunia.com/advisories/60220 http://secunia.com/advisories/60380 http://secunia.com/advisories/60393 http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2992 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36267 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030610 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1119458 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94665 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3cf521f7dc87c031617fd47e4b7aa2593c2f3daf