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CVE-2014-4508 json

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 fea…

published 12y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2014-4435

cvss
4.7
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 35%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.14.9-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4508

  • linux Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3.13.0-35.62

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4508

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel RHEL 6 ELS 2.6.32-754.36.1.el6
  • perf RHEL 6 ELS 2.6.32-754.36.1.el6
  • python-perf RHEL 6 ELS 2.6.32-754.36.1.el6
  • kernel-kdump RHEL 6 ELS 2.6.32-754.36.1.el6
  • kernel-firmware RHEL 6 ELS 2.6.32-754.36.1.el6
  • kernel-abi-whitelists RHEL 6 ELS 2.6.32-754.36.1.el6
  • kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 RHEL 6 ELS 2.6.32-754.36.1.el6
  • kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x RHEL 6 ELS 2.6.32-754.36.1.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2021:0181

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2014-4508 updated cvss 5.5

Kernel: x86_32: BUG in syscall auditing

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6 ELS) perf 2.6.32-754.36.1.el6, kernel 2.6.32-754.36.1.el6, kernel-kdump 2.6.32-754.36.1.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-754.36.1.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-754.36.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-754.36.1.el6, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6 ELS) python-perf 2.6.32-754.36.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-754.36.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 2.6.32-754.36.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-754.36.1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:0181
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-tools, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 kernel-rt, mrg-rt-release, kernel-rt-trace, kernel-rt-vanilla, kernel-rt-firmware
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.7 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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