CVE-2014-1438
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.7EPSS 0.7%EU EUVD
The restore_fpu_checking function in arch/x86/include/asm/fpu-internal.h in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 on the AMD K7 and K8 platforms does not clear pending exceptions before proceeding to an EMMS instruction, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (task kill) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.7 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.7% (51th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-1514)
- Published
- January 18, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-1514 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=26bef1318adc1b3a530ecc807ef99346db2aa8b0
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-January/126858.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-January/126874.html
- http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2013/Vm86SyscallTaskSwitchKernelPanic/
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.8
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:038
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/14/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64781
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029592
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2113-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2117-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2133-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2134-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2135-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2136-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2138-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2139-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2141-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1052914
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/26bef1318adc1b3a530ecc807ef99346db2aa8b0
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/1/9/637
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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