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CVE-2014-7826

Published: Nov 10, 2014

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

[oss-security] 20141106 Exploitable issues in Linux perf/ftrace subsystems

mailing-list

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vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

SUSE-SU-2015:0481

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

linux-kernel-cve20147826-dos(98556)

vdb-entry

x_refsource_XF

openSUSE-SU-2015:0566

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

vdb-entry

x_refsource_BID

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1161565

x_refsource_CONFIRM

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=086ba77a6db00ed858ff07451bedee197df868c9

x_refsource_CONFIRM

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/086ba77a6db00ed858ff07451bedee197df868c9

x_refsource_CONFIRM

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