CVE-2014-9922
HIGHLinux Kernel < 3.18 - Privilege Escalation via eCryptfs Filesystem Stack
Title source: llmDescription
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 (5)
Core 5
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=69c433ed2ecd2d3264efd7afec4439524b319121
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01.html
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/69c433ed2ecd2d3264efd7afec4439524b319121
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97354
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0127
EPSS Percentile
67.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-264
Status
published
Products (2)
google/android
< 7.1.1
linux/linux_kernel
< 3.17.8
Published
Apr 04, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026