kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly…

Description

kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging register truncation mishandling.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.40% · top 66% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Weakness

• did not properly handle register truncation to a smaller size
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• Linux kernel through 4.14.8

  • affected Linux kernel through 4.14.8

References (5)

• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1454 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0c17d1d2c61936401f4702e1846e2c19b200f958 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0c17d1d2c61936401f4702e1846e2c19b200f958 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 102267 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/21/2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 5 Aug 2024, 20:43 UTC.