Name | CVE-2014-7825 |
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. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
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linux (PTS) | bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.226-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.1.106-3 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.112-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 6.10.11-1 | fixed |
| sid | 6.11.2-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
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linux | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
linux | source | (unstable) | 3.16.7-ckt2-1 | | | |
linux-2.6 | source | squeeze | (not affected) | | | |
linux-2.6 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
Notes
[wheezy] - linux <not-affected> (Affected feature not enabled)
[squeeze] - linux-2.6 <not-affected> (Affected feature not enabled)
CONFIG_FTRACE_SYSCALL not enabled in squeeze
Fixed by https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=086ba77a6db00ed858ff07451bedee197df868c9 (v3.18-rc3)