Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting kernel-rt-trace-devel package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
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- published29 Aug 2025
- disclosed24 Oct 2014
Introduced: 24 Oct 2014
CVE-2014-9922 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 kernel-rt-trace-devel.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-trace-devel package and not the kernel-rt-trace-devel package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1439087
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9922
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=69c433ed2ecd2d3264efd7afec4439524b319121
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97354
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/69c433ed2ecd2d3264efd7afec4439524b319121