CVE-2014-7826
HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 0.6%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-476
- EPSS score
- 0.6% (48th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-7692)
- Published
- November 10, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-7692 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- opensuse / evergreen
- suse / suse linux enterprise server
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=086ba77a6db00ed858ff07451bedee197df868c9
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html(Mailing List, 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(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/06/11(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70971(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1161565(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98556(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/086ba77a6db00ed858ff07451bedee197df868c9(Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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