Vulnerability Report

CVE-2014-7826

Title: Opensuse Evergreen Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2014-7826.

CWE Category CWE-476
Published Date Nov 10, 2014
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.04%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2014-7826: 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.

Impacted Vendors

L
linux 1
U
ubuntu 1
N
novell 1
S
suse 1
O
opensuse 1
E
evergreen-ils 1

Reference Links

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=086ba77a6db00ed858ff07451bedee197df868c9 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1943.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/06/11 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70971 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1161565 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98556 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/086ba77a6db00ed858ff07451bedee197df868c9 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=086ba77a6db00ed858ff07451bedee197df868c9 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1943.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/06/11 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70971 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1161565 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98556 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/086ba77a6db00ed858ff07451bedee197df868c9
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.2
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2014-7826 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.