High severity · published Nov 10, 2014
CVE-2014-7826
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…
7.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 48% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
2.6.32 before 3.2.65; 3.3 before 3.4.106; 3.5 before 3.10.60; 3.11 before 3.12.33; 3.13 before 3.14.24; 3.15 before 3.16.35; +1 more · source: NVD
EV
Evergreen · Opensuse
11.4 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Server · Suse
11 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7826
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7826
git.kernel.org
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=086ba77a6db00ed858ff07451bedee197df868c9
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html
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
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