CVE-2014-3631

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

28/09/2014

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

The assoc_array_gc function in the associative-array implementation in lib/assoc_array.c in the Linux kernel before 3.16.3 does not properly implement garbage collection, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via multiple "keyctl newring" operations followed by a "keyctl timeout" operation.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

7.20

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.13 (including)	3.14.19 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.15 (including)	3.16.3 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2014-3631

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools