Published: 28/09/2014 Updated: 02/02/2024

CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

VMScore: 725

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The assoc_array_gc function in the associative-array implementation in lib/assoc_array.c in the Linux kernel prior to 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.

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Several security issues were fixed in the kernel ...

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's keys subsystem handled the termination condition in the associative array garbage collection functionality A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system ...

/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * cve-2014-3631_pocc * * The assoc_array_gc function in the associative-array implementation in lib/assoc_arrayc in the Linux kernel before 3163 * does not properly implement garbage collection, which allows local users to cause a denia ...

The assoc_array_gc function in the associative-array implementation in lib/assoc_arrayc in the Linux kernel before 3163 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" operation ...

NVD-CWE-Other https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/95389b08d93d5c06ec63ab49bd732b0069b7c35e https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1140325 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16.3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2379-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2378-1 http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/111298 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36268 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70095 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=95389b08d93d5c06ec63ab49bd732b0069b7c35e https://usn.ubuntu.com/2379-1/https://nvd.nist.gov https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36268/https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-3631

CVE-2014-3631

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