CVE-2014-9529

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Publication date:

09/01/2015

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

Race condition in the key_gc_unused_keys function in security/keys/gc.c in the Linux kernel through 3.18.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption or panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via keyctl commands that trigger access to a key structure member during garbage collection of a key.

Impact

Vector 2.0

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

Base Score: 6.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Base Score 2.0

6.90

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::		3.2.67 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.3 (including)	3.4.107 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.5 (including)	3.10.67 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.11 (including)	3.12.37 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.13 (including)	3.14.31 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.15 (including)	3.16.35 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.17 (including)	3.18.5 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:6.6:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:::::::*

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CVE-2014-9529

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools