CVE-2014-4157
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
arch/mips/include/asm/thread_info.h in the Linux kernel before 3.14.8 on the MIPS platform does not configure _TIF_SECCOMP checks on the fast system-call path, which allows local users to bypass intended PR_SET_SECCOMP restrictions by executing a crafted application without invoking a trace or audit subsystem.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (44th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-4088)
- Published
- June 23, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-4088 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=137f7df8cead00688524c82360930845396b8a21
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/16/1(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.14.8(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/17/17(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=751417(Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/137f7df8cead00688524c82360930845396b8a21(Exploit, Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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