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Bug 514878 (CVE-2014-4508)

Summary: Kernel: x86_32: BUG in syscall auditing (CVE-2014-4508)
Product: Gentoo Security Reporter: Agostino Sarubbo <ago>
Component: KernelAssignee: Gentoo Security <security>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: kernel
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev 2014-06-24 09:07:51 UTC
CVE-2014-4508 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-4508):
  arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S in the Linux kernel through 3.15.1 on 32-bit 
  x86 platforms, when syscall auditing is enabled and the sep CPU feature 
  flag is set, allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS and 
  system crash) via an invalid syscall number, as demonstrated by number 
  1000.
Comment 1 GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev 2014-08-10 21:51:11 UTC
CVE-2014-4508 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-4508):
  arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S in the Linux kernel through 3.15.1 on 32-bit x86
  platforms, when syscall auditing is enabled and the sep CPU feature flag is
  set, allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS and system crash)
  via an invalid syscall number, as demonstrated by number 1000.
Comment 2 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2014-08-12 04:44:26 UTC
dupe of bug 513308 ?
Comment 3 Sergey Popov gentoo-dev 2014-08-17 07:48:20 UTC
yes

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 513308 ***