CVE-2014-7825

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions through 3.17.2

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service or bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application. This is due to the kernel's failure to properly handle private syscall numbers during use of the perf subsystem, leading to an out-of-bounds read and OOPS.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions through 3.17.2, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.