USN-2467-1

Advisory lineage Upstream: 8 Downstream: 0
Published: 13 Jan 2015, 12:16
Last modified:04 Feb 2026, 03:48

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

13 Jan 2015, 12:16
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Feb 2026, 03:48
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

linux-lts-utopic vulnerabilities A null pointer dereference flaw was discovered in the the Linux kernel's SCTP implementation when ASCONF is used. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a malformed INIT chunk. (CVE-2014-7841) A race condition with MMIO and PIO transactions in the KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine) subsystem of the Linux kernel was discovered. A guest OS user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via a specially crafted application. (CVE-2014-7842) Miloš Prchlík reported a flaw in how the ARM64 platform handles a single byte overflow in __clear_user. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) by reading one byte beyond a /dev/zero page boundary. (CVE-2014-7843) A stack buffer overflow was discovered in the ioctl command handling for the Technotrend/Hauppauge USB DEC devices driver. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges. (CVE-2014-8884)

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•linux-lts-utopic

    < 3.16.0-29.39~14.04.1

References (5)