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Bug 512946 (CVE-2014-3917) - Kernel: DoS with syscall auditing (CVE-2014-3917)
Summary: Kernel: DoS with syscall auditing (CVE-2014-3917)
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: CVE-2014-3917
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Kernel (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal
Assignee: Gentoo Kernel Security
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Reported: 2014-06-11 08:09 UTC by Agostino Sarubbo
Modified: 2022-03-25 22:12 UTC (History)
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Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev 2014-06-11 08:09:42 UTC
CVE-2014-3917 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3917):
  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
Comment 1 GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev 2014-08-10 21:52:23 UTC
CVE-2014-3917 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3917):
  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.
Comment 2 John Helmert III archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2022-03-25 22:12:02 UTC
Fix in 3.16, a3c54931199565930d6d84f4c3456f6440aefd41