CVE-2014-9529

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 14
Modified
Published: 09 Jan 2015, 21:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 13:47

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
28/100
CVSS Score
6.9 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.11% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

09 Jan 2015, 21:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 13:47
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.11%• Percentile: 29%

Techniques & Countermeasures

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

    The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    10.04 | 12.04 | 14.04 | 14.10

  • debian•debian_linux

    7.0 | 8.0

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    20 | 21

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 3.2.67 | ≥ 3.3, < 3.4.107 | ≥ 3.5, < 3.10.67 | ≥ 3.11, ≤ 3.12.37 | ≥ 3.13, ≤ 3.14.31 | ≥ 3.15, < 3.16.35 | ≥ 3.17, < 3.18.5

  • opensuse•opensuse

    13.1

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_desktop

    6.0 | 7.0

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_server

    6.0 | 7.0

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_server_aus

    6.6 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.7

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_server_eus

    6.6 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.7

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_server_tus

    6.6 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.7

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_workstation

    6.0 | 7.0

References (23)