CVE-2014-9529
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 26.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-01-09 21:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 13:47Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-01-06
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- fa6e174922615b721fb7380fd9ac71f716af4a46c0b0513f7f4a4797c5b6ed99
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-0517http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147864.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2515-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2515-1
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comlinux-kernel-cve20149529-dos(99641)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99641
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150106 CVE-2014-9529 - Linux kernel security/keys/gc.c race conditionhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/06/10
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2512-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2512-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2514-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2514-1
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:1138http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1138.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2518-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2518-1
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:0864http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1179813
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2015:058http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:058
- www.securityfocus.com71880http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71880
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-0515http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147973.html
- www.securitytracker.com1036763http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a3a8784454692dd72e5d5d34dcdab17b4420e74c
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2517-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2517-1
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:0714http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00009.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-3128http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3128
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2516-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2516-1
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:1137http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1137.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2513-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2513-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2511-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2511-1
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a3a8784454692dd72e5d5d34dcdab17b4420e74c
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 3.16.7-ckt4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 3.16.7-ckt4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 3.16.7-ckt4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 3.13.0-46.75
- linux-lts-utopic Fixed in 3.16.0-31.41~14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- linux-azure No fix yet
- linux-gcp No fix yet
- linux-hwe No fix yet
- linux-hwe-edge No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- linux-azure-fde No fix yet
- linux-gke No fix yet
- linux-gkeop No fix yet
- linux-raspi2 No fix yet
- linux-riscv No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- linux-intel-iot-realtime No fix yet
- linux-realtime No fix yet
- linux-riscv No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- linux-azure-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-gcp-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-hwe-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet
- linux-realtime No fix yet
- linux-riscv No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- linux-azure-fde-5.15 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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