CVE-2014-7826

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 7
Modified
Published: 10 Nov 2014, 11:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 13:03

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
41/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.04% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

10 Nov 2014, 11:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 13:03
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.04%• Percentile: 14%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-476•NULL Pointer Dereference

    The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≥ 2.6.32, < 3.2.65 | ≥ 3.3, < 3.4.106 | ≥ 3.5, < 3.10.60 | ≥ 3.11, < 3.12.33 | ≥ 3.13, < 3.14.24 | ≥ 3.15, < 3.16.35 | ≥ 3.17, < 3.17.3

  • opensuse•evergreen

    11.4

  • suse•suse_linux_enterprise_server

    11:sp2

References (11)