The vulnerability of the Linux operating system, which allows a malicious individual to increase their privileges

The compatsysrecvmmsg function in the net/compat.c file, with the configuration CONFIGX86X32, allows a malicious individual to increase their privileges through the system call recvmmsg...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDVSA-2014:038)

Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in the Linux kernel : The compatsysrecvmmsg function in net/compat.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.2, when CONFIGX86X32 is enabled, allows local users to gain privileges via a recvmmsg system call with a crafted timeout pointer parameter...