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Bug 505676 (CVE-2014-1874) - Kernel: SELinux local DoS (CVE-2014-1874)
Summary: Kernel: SELinux local DoS (CVE-2014-1874)
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: CVE-2014-1874
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Kernel (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal
Assignee: Gentoo Kernel Security
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Reported: 2014-03-25 12:05 UTC by Agostino Sarubbo
Modified: 2022-03-25 21:43 UTC (History)
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Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev 2014-03-25 12:05:06 UTC 
CVE-2014-1874 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-1874):

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.
Comment 1 GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev 2014-08-10 21:59:43 UTC 
CVE-2014-1874 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-1874):
  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.