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CVE-2014-2673 json

The arch_dup_task_struct function in the Transactional Memory (TM) implementation in arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c in the Linux kernel befo…

published 2014-04-01 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-2705

cvss
4.7
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 34%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The arch_dup_task_struct function in the Transactional Memory (TM) implementation in arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.7 on the powerpc platform does not properly interact with the clone and fork system calls, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (Program Check and system crash) via certain instructions that are executed with the processor in the Transactional state.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 3.13.7
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.13.7-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2673

  • kernel RHEL 7 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7
  • perf RHEL 7 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7
  • python-perf RHEL 7 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7
  • kernel-kdump RHEL 7 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7
  • kernel-tools RHEL 7 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7
  • kernel-tools-libs RHEL 7 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7
  • kernel-bootwrapper RHEL 7 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7
  • kernel-abi-whitelists RHEL 7 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:1023

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-2673 updated cvss 4.9

kernel: powerpc: tm: crash when forking inside a transaction

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7, kernel 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7, kernel-abi-whitelists 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) python-perf 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7, kernel 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7, kernel-abi-whitelists 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) python-perf 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7, kernel 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7, kernel-kdump 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7, kernel-bootwrapper 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) python-perf 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7, kernel 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7, kernel-abi-whitelists 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) python-perf 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-123.6.3.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1023
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 kernel-rt, mrg-rt-release, kernel-rt-trace, kernel-rt-vanilla, kernel-rt-firmware
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.7 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
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References

Sources

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