# 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 o

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-06-05 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1713179
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2335-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2334-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60564
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59777
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1143.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60011
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/29/5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102571
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1281.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html

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