VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2008-1514

CVSS score4.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.53%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-03-26
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Description

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.

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