CVE-2014-9922
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.8
Description
The eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18 allows local users to gain privileges via a large filesystem stack that includes an overlayfs layer, related to fs/ecryptfs/main.c and fs/overlayfs/super.c.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Linux kernel Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 4.0.2-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 4.0.2-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 4.0.2-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 4.0.2-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 4.0.2-1 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9922.html
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=69c433ed2ecd2d3264efd7afec4439524b319121
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97354
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/69c433ed2ecd2d3264efd7afec4439524b319121
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9922
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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