CVE-2014-3534

CVE-2014-3534 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel before version 3.15.8 on the s390 platform. It arises from improper restrictions in address-space control operations during PTRACE_POKEUSR_AREA requests, allowing local users to gain read and write access to kernel memory. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity with local access, low complexity, and complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.