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CVE-2014-7843 Details

Description

The __clear_user function in arch/arm64/lib/clear_user.S in the Linux kernel before 3.17.4 on the ARM64 platform allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by reading one byte beyond a /dev/zero page boundary.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=97fc15436b36ee3956efad83e22a557991f7d19d CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1163744 CVEPatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/62305 CVE
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/97fc15436b36ee3956efad83e22a557991f7d19d CVEPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.17.4 CVEVendor Advisory

see all 14 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-17DEPRECATED: Code[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
linux linux kernel
<= 3.17.3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-7843
NVD Published Date:
Nov 30, 2014
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2014-7843 Details - Not Deferred