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CVE-2014-3917 (GCVE-0-2014-3917)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-06-05 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 10:57
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Summary
kernel/auditsc.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.5, when CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL is enabled with certain syscall rules, allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive single-bit values from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (OOPS) via a large value of a syscall number.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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Date Public
2014-05-28 00:00
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