CVE-2014-7843
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Published: November 30, 2014 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:15 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 3.17.3
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.17.4Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/5x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1163744x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/97fc15436b36ee3956efad83e22a557991f7d19dQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-17
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