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Tracker / CVE-2014-9529

CVE-2014-9529

Medium 6.9

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.

Affected products and versions

canonical ubuntu_linux
debian debian_linux
fedoraproject fedora
linux linux_kernel · … → 3.2.67
linux linux_kernel · 3.11 → 3.12.37
linux linux_kernel · 3.13 → 3.14.31
linux linux_kernel · 3.15 → 3.16.35
linux linux_kernel · 3.17 → 3.18.5
linux linux_kernel · 3.3 → 3.4.107
linux linux_kernel · 3.5 → 3.10.67
opensuse opensuse
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
redhat enterprise_linux_server
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation

Analysis

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