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LIN7-175 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2014-0206

Created: Jun 29, 2014 Updated: Mar 31, 2016

Resolved Date: Aug 28, 2014

Found In Version: 7.0

Fix Version: 7.0

Severity: Standard

Applicable for: Wind River Linux 7

Component/s: Kernel

Description

Array index error in the aio_read_events_ring function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a large head value.Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/129.html

CWE-129: Improper Validation of Array Index

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-0206

CVEs

CVE-2014-0206