CVE-2014-7843
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.
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 31% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-17
- 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=97fc15436b36ee3956efad83e22a557991f7d19d
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62305
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.17.4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71082