An out-of-bounds memory access flaw, CVE-2014-7825, was found in the syscall tracing functionality of the Linux kernel's perf subsystem. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system. Additionally, an out-of-bounds memory access flaw, CVE-2014-7826, was found in the syscall tracing functionality of the Linux kernel's ftrace subsystem. On a system with ftrace syscall tracing enabled, a local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system, or escalate their privileges.
Find out more about CVE-2014-7825 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Not vulnerable.
This issue does not affect the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5, 6, 7 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.
| Base Score | 4 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (kernel) | RHSA-2015:0864 | 2015-04-21 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (kernel) | RHSA-2015:0290 | 2015-03-05 |
| Red Hat MRG Grid for RHEL 6 Server v.2 (kernel-rt) | RHSA-2014:1943 | 2014-12-02 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel | Not affected |
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