CVE-2014-8181

Published: 6 November 2019

The kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and MRG-2 does not clear garbage data for SG_IO buffer, which may leaking sensitive information to userspace.

Notes

Author	Note
jdstrand	android kernels (flo, goldfish, grouper, maguro, mako and manta) are not supported on the Ubuntu Touch 14.10 and earlier preview kernels linux-lts-saucy no longer receives official support linux-lts-quantal no longer receives official support
sbeattie	possibly only affects RHEL-7

Author

Note

jdstrand

android kernels (flo, goldfish, grouper, maguro, mako and manta) are
not supported on the Ubuntu Touch 14.10 and earlier preview kernels
linux-lts-saucy no longer receives official support
linux-lts-quantal no longer receives official support

sbeattie

possibly only affects RHEL-7

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
linux Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	trusty	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	upstream	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	wily	Ignored (end of life)
	xenial	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	yakkety	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
linux-armadaxp Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	wily	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	This package is not directly supported by the Ubuntu Security Team
linux-aws Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	trusty	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	upstream	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	xenial	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	yakkety	Does not exist
	precise	Does not exist
linux-flo Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored)
	upstream	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	wily	Ignored (end of life)
	xenial	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	yakkety	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
linux-gke Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	xenial	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	yakkety	Does not exist
	precise	Does not exist
linux-goldfish Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored)
	upstream	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	wily	Ignored (end of life)
	xenial	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	yakkety	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
linux-grouper Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored)
	upstream	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	wily	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
linux-hwe Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	xenial	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	yakkety	Does not exist
linux-hwe-edge Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	xenial	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	yakkety	Does not exist
linux-linaro-omap Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	wily	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
linux-linaro-shared Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	wily	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
linux-linaro-vexpress Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	wily	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
linux-lts-quantal Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	wily	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	This package is not directly supported by the Ubuntu Security Team
linux-lts-raring Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	wily	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
linux-lts-saucy Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	wily	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	This package is not directly supported by the Ubuntu Security Team
linux-lts-trusty Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	wily	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
linux-lts-utopic Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored [end of standard support])
	upstream	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	wily	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
linux-lts-vivid Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was not-affected [RHEL 7 kernel only])
	upstream	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	wily	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
linux-lts-wily Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored [end of standard support])
	upstream	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	wily	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
linux-lts-xenial Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	upstream	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	wily	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
linux-maguro Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored)
	upstream	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	wily	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
linux-mako Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored)
	upstream	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	wily	Ignored (end of life)
	xenial	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	yakkety	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
linux-manta Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored)
	upstream	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	wily	Ignored (end of life)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
linux-qcm-msm Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	wily	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
linux-raspi2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	wily	Ignored (end of life)
	xenial	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	yakkety	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
linux-snapdragon Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	wily	Does not exist
	xenial	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	yakkety	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
linux-ti-omap4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Not vulnerable (RHEL 7 kernel only)
	wily	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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