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CVE-2014-3631 Detail

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.


Evaluator Description

CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Metrics

 
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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=95389b08d93d5c06ec63ab49bd732b0069b7c35e CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/111298 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36268 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16.3 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70095 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2378-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2379-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1140325 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/95389b08d93d5c06ec63ab49bd732b0069b7c35e CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit 

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-3631
NVD Published Date:
09/28/2014
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.