Denial of Service Vulnerability in Linux Kernel 3.15.1

CVE-2014-4508 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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.

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