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…
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- mitre
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 unspecified other impact via keyctl commands that trigger access to a key structure member during garbage collection of a key.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 days later
· 3 days later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.34% · top 73% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (23)
- FEDORA-2015-0517 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- USN-2515-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- linux-kernel-cve20149529-dos(99641) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150106 CVE-2014-9529 - Linux kernel security/keys/gc.c race condition (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-2512-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2514-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1138 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-2518-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0864 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1179813 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2015:058 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 71880 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-0515 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 1036763 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a3a8784454692dd72e5d5d34dcdab17b4420e74c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2517-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0714 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- DSA-3128 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-2516-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1137 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-2513-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2511-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a3a8784454692dd72e5d5d34dcdab17b4420e74c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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