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medium 4.9

CVE-2008-1514 json

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 deni…

published 2008-03-26 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-1515

cvss
4.9
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • kernel RHEL 4 2.6.9-78.0.8.EL
  • kernel-smp RHEL 4 2.6.9-78.0.8.EL
  • kernel-xenU RHEL 4 2.6.9-78.0.8.EL
  • kernel-hugemem RHEL 4 2.6.9-78.0.8.EL
  • kernel-largesmp RHEL 4 2.6.9-78.0.8.EL

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0972

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-1514 updated

kernel: ptrace: Padding area write - unprivileged kernel crash

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 kernel 2.6.9-78.0.8.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-78.0.8.EL, kernel-xenU 2.6.9-78.0.8.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-78.0.8.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-78.0.8.EL Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 kernel 2.6.9-78.0.8.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-78.0.8.EL, kernel-xenU 2.6.9-78.0.8.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-78.0.8.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-78.0.8.EL Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 kernel 2.6.9-78.0.8.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-78.0.8.EL, kernel-xenU 2.6.9-78.0.8.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-78.0.8.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-78.0.8.EL Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 kernel 2.6.9-78.0.8.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-78.0.8.EL, kernel-xenU 2.6.9-78.0.8.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-78.0.8.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-78.0.8.EL
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0972

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Exploit prediction

0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31177 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • sourceware.org http://sourceware.org/systemtap/wiki/utrace/tests referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=438147 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.9 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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