CVE-2014-3180: Google Chrome OS

Critical severity, CVSS 9.1. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In kernel/compat.c in the Linux kernel before 3.17, as used in Google Chrome OS and other products, there is a possible out-of-bounds read. restart_syscall uses uninitialized data when restarting compat_sys_nanosleep. NOTE: this is disputed because the code path is unreachable

Affected products

  • Google Chrome OS: affected versions not specified
  • Linux Linux Kernel: before 3.17 (fixed in 3.17)

Published 2019-11-06. Last modified 2026-06-17.