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Bug 509160 (CVE-2014-2889)

Summary: Kernel: arch: x86: net: bpf_jit: an off-by-one bug in x86_64 cond jump target (CVE-2014-2889)
Product: Gentoo Security Reporter: Agostino Sarubbo <ago>
Component: KernelAssignee: Gentoo Kernel Security <security-kernel>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: kernel
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev 2014-04-30 10:39:56 UTC 
CVE-2014-2889 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2889):
  Off-by-one error in the bpf_jit_compile function in arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c 
  in the Linux kernel before 3.1.8, when BPF JIT is enabled, allows local 
  users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges 
  via a long jump after a conditional jump.
Comment 1 GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev 2014-08-10 21:55:12 UTC 
CVE-2014-2889 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2889):
  Off-by-one error in the bpf_jit_compile function in
  arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1.8, when BPF JIT
  is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash)
  or possibly gain privileges via a long jump after a conditional jump.