CVE-2008-1514
arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c in Linux kernel 2.6.9, and other versions before 2.6.27-rc6, on s390 platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via the user-area-padding test from the ptrace testsuite in 31-bit mode, which triggers an invalid dereference.
- EPSS
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 44% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-399
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- linux:linux_kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3d6e48f43340343d97839eadb1ab7b6a3ea98797
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.6
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.27-rc6
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00007.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0972.html