Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2014-3631

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.

EPSS: 0.010 (58.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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