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CVE-2008-1514

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.9 Published: 2008-03-26 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-399

References