Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2014-4157
arch/mips/include/asm/thread_info.h in the Linux kernel before 3.14.8 on the MIPS platform does not configure _TIF_SECCOMP checks on the fast system-call path, which allows local users to bypass intended PR_SET_SECCOMP restrictions by executing a crafted application without invoking a trace or audit subsystem.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (41.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 41.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/17/17 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.14.8 (Vendor Advisory)
- git.kernel.org/
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/16/1 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/137f7df8cead00688524c82360930845396b8a21 (Exploit, Patch)