CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-7826
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2014-11-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476
Description
kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not properly handle private syscall numbers during use of the ftrace subsystem, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via a crafted application.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 2.6.32 < 3.2.65)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.3 < 3.4.106)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.5 < 3.10.60)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.11 < 3.12.33)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.13 < 3.14.24)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.15 < 3.16.35)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.17 < 3.17.3)
• opensuse evergreen 11.4
• suse suse linux enterprise server 11
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=086ba77a6db00ed858ff07451bedee197df868c9 git.kernel.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1943.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/06/11 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70971 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1161565 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98556 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/086ba77a6db00ed858ff07451bedee197df868c9 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=086ba77a6db00ed858ff07451bedee197df868c9 git.kernel.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1943.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/06/11 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70971 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1161565 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98556 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/086ba77a6db00ed858ff07451bedee197df868c9 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory