CVE-2014-4508 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can crash 32-bit Linux systems via invalid syscall numbers when syscall auditing is enabled.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-4508?
CVE-2014-4508 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 23 Jun 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-189
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-4508?
It affects 2 products.
Linux distribution packages (20)
kernel Red Hat:rhel_els:6 | All versions | 0:2.6.32-754.36.1.el6 |
kernel-abi-whitelists Red Hat:rhel_els:6 | All versions | 0:2.6.32-754.36.1.el6 |
kernel-debug Red Hat:rhel_els:6 | All versions | 0:2.6.32-754.36.1.el6 |
kernel-debug-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_els:6 | All versions | 0:2.6.32-754.36.1.el6 |
kernel-debug-devel Red Hat:rhel_els:6 | All versions | 0:2.6.32-754.36.1.el6 |
kernel-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_els:6 | All versions | 0:2.6.32-754.36.1.el6 |
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 Red Hat:rhel_els:6 | All versions | 0:2.6.32-754.36.1.el6 |
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x Red Hat:rhel_els:6 | All versions | 0:2.6.32-754.36.1.el6 |
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 Red Hat:rhel_els:6 | All versions | 0:2.6.32-754.36.1.el6 |
kernel-devel Red Hat:rhel_els:6 | All versions | 0:2.6.32-754.36.1.el6 |
kernel-doc Red Hat:rhel_els:6 | All versions | 0:2.6.32-754.36.1.el6 |
kernel-firmware Red Hat:rhel_els:6 | All versions | 0:2.6.32-754.36.1.el6 |
kernel-headers Red Hat:rhel_els:6 | All versions | 0:2.6.32-754.36.1.el6 |
kernel-kdump Red Hat:rhel_els:6 | All versions | 0:2.6.32-754.36.1.el6 |
kernel-kdump-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_els:6 | All versions | 0:2.6.32-754.36.1.el6 |
kernel-kdump-devel Red Hat:rhel_els:6 | All versions | 0:2.6.32-754.36.1.el6 |
perf Red Hat:rhel_els:6 | All versions | 0:2.6.32-754.36.1.el6 |
perf-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_els:6 | All versions | 0:2.6.32-754.36.1.el6 |
python-perf Red Hat:rhel_els:6 | All versions | 0:2.6.32-754.36.1.el6 |
python-perf-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_els:6 | All versions | 0:2.6.32-754.36.1.el6 |
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2014-4508?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2014-4508 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-4508 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4508, GHSA-j8j3-qq6w-fxvv, RHSA-2021:0181, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4508.