CVE-2014-3534
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel before 3.15.8 on the s390 platform does not properly restrict address-space control operations in PTRACE_POKEUSR_AREA requests, which allows local users to obtain read and write access to kernel memory locations, and consequently gain privileges, via a crafted application that makes a ptrace system call.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-269
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (40th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-3529)
- Published
- August 1, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-3529 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- debian / debian linux
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=dab6cf55f81a6e16b8147aed9a843e1691dcd318(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59790(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60351(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2992(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.15.8(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.osvdb.org/109546(Broken Link)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68940(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030683(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1114089(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95069(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/dab6cf55f81a6e16b8147aed9a843e1691dcd318(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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