CVE-2008-1514
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c in Linux kernel 2.6.9, and other versions before 2.6.27-rc6, on s390 platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via the user-area-padding test from the ptrace testsuite in 31-bit mode, which triggers an invalid dereference.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (45th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1515)
- Published
- March 26, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1515 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
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References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3d6e48f43340343d97839eadb1ab7b6a3ea98797
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.6(Vendor Advisory)
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.27-rc6
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00007.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0972.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31826(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32237(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32315
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32356
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32799(Vendor Advisory)
- http://sourceware.org/systemtap/wiki/utrace/tests(Exploit)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1653(Patch)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1655(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31177(Exploit, Patch)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=438147(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41501
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9555
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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