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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.010 (60.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 60.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000
Affected products
References
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36268 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/70095 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- osvdb.org/show/osvdb/111298 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2378-1 (vendor-advisory, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- git.kernel.org/ (Broken Link)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2379-1 (vendor-advisory, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16.3 (Exploit)
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/95389b08d93d5c06ec63ab49bd732b0069b7c35e (Exploit)