Security Advisory
CVE-2014-3534
7.2
Vulnerability Description
arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel before 3.15.8 on the s390 platform does not properly restrict address-space control operations in PTRACE_POKEUSR_AREA requests, which allows local users to obtain read and write access to kernel memory locations, and consequently gain privileges, via a crafted application that makes a ptrace system call.
Published Date
August 1, 2014
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory