CVE-2014-3631

Description

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.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1140325

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2379-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2378-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70095

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36268

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3