CVE-2014-7825

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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 perf subsystem, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and OOPS) or bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-125

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=086ba77a6db00ed858ff07451bedee197df868c9
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1943.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/06/11Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70972Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1161565Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98557Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/086ba77a6db00ed858ff07451bedee197df868c9Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=086ba77a6db00ed858ff07451bedee197df868c9
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1943.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/06/11Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70972Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1161565Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98557Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/086ba77a6db00ed858ff07451bedee197df868c9Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Nov 10, 2014
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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