CVE-2014-3917
kernel: DoS with syscall auditing
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · May 28, 2014
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel's system call auditing implementation. On a system with existing audit rules defined, a local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to leak kernel memory to user space or, potentially, crash the system.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 4.7AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C
CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer