CVE-2014-9529 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2014-9529

Race condition in the key_gc_unused_keys function in security/keys/gc.c in the...

Vulnerability 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 Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

linux kernel, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux server aus, enterprise linux server eus, enterprise linux server tus, enterprise linux workstation, opensuse, fedora, debian linux, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 3.3, 3.5, 3.11, 3.13, 3.15, 3.17, 6.0, 7.0, 6.6, 7.3, 7.4, 7.6, 7.7, 7.1, 7.2, 7.5, 13.1, 20, 21, 8.0, 10.04, 12.04, 14.04, 14.10

Timeline

Official Publish: January 9th, 2015
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.