CVE-2014-3153

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's futex subsystem handled the requeuing of certain Priority Inheritance (PI) futexes. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system.

This issue did not affect the versions of the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This issue requires local system access to be exploited. We are currently not aware of any working exploit for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 or Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.