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Unscored USN-2314-1 1 CVE

linux vulnerability

Published Aug 13, 2014 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

An flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's audit subsystem when auditing
certain syscalls. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to obtain
potentially sensitive single-bit values from kernel memory or cause a
denial of service (OOPS).

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS linux 3.13.0-33.58

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2014-3917

    kernel/auditsc.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.5, when CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL is enabled with certain syscall rules, al…

    linux linux Debian Ubuntu

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3917