Privilege Escalation via Crafted Timeout Pointer in compat_sys_recvmmsg Function

CVE-2014-0038

The compat_sys_recvmmsg function in net/compat.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.2, when CONFIG_X86_X32 is enabled, allows local users to gain privileges via a recvmmsg system call with a crafted timeout pointer parameter.

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