Name | CVE-2014-7826 |
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 ftrace subsystem, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via a crafted application. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
---|---|---|---|
linux (PTS) | buster | 4.19.249-2 | fixed |
buster (security) | 4.19.282-1 | fixed | |
bullseye | 5.10.178-3 | fixed | |
bullseye (security) | 5.10.179-1 | fixed | |
bookworm, sid | 6.1.27-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
linux | source | wheezy | (not affected) | |||
linux | source | (unstable) | 3.16.7-ckt2-1 | |||
linux-2.6 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) |
[wheezy] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
- linux-2.6 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
Fixed by https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=086ba77a6db00ed858ff07451bedee197df868c9 (v3.18-rc3)
Support for SOFT_DISABLE to syscall events was added in https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d562aff93bfb530b0992141500a402d17081189d (v3.13-rc1)