Permissions, privileges, and access controls in Linux kernel - CVE-2014-7822
Published: March 16, 2015 / Updated: June 20, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92508
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-7822
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to security restrictions bypass error. A local user can execute arbitrary code.
Affected software
Linux kernel
BIG-IP
BIG-IP
How to mitigate CVE-2014-7822
Install update from vendor's repository.
BIG-IP - update to 12.0.0
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
External References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1163792
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8d0207652cbe27d1f962050737848e5ad4671958
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0164.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0102.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0674.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0694.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00020.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2543-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2541-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2544-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2542-1
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36743/
- http://www.osvdb.org/117810
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72347
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00009.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8d0207652cbe27d1f962050737848e5ad4671958