CVE-2014-9922
N/A
Published: April 4, 2017 at 04:54 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:19 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelAndroid
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
The eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18 allows local users to gain privileges via a large filesystem stack that includes an overlayfs layer, related to fs/ecryptfs/main.c and fs/overlayfs/super.c.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 3.17.8
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=69c433ed2ecd2d3264efd7afec4439524b319121x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97354x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/69c433ed2ecd2d3264efd7afec4439524b319121Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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