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CVE-2014-9529 Detail

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a3a8784454692dd72e5d5d34dcdab17b4420e74c Broken Link 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147864.html Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147973.html Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00009.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.html Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1137.html Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1138.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3128 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:058 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/06/10 Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71880 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2511-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2512-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2513-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2514-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2515-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2516-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2517-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2518-1 Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1179813 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99641 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a3a8784454692dd72e5d5d34dcdab17b4420e74c Patch  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-9529
NVD Published Date:
01/09/2015
NVD Last Modified:
03/14/2024
Source:
MITRE