CVE-2014-1874
Kernel: SELinux: local denial-of-service
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · January 29, 2014
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
The security_context_to_sid_core function in security/selinux/ss/services.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging the CAP_MAC_ADMIN capability to set a zero-length security context.
Statement
This issue does not affect the version of the kernel package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 4.4AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
CWE not specified