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CVE-2014-3631

Date: September 28, 2014

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (13)

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

Severity Score

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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