Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2014-9529 (CCN-99641)

Assigned:2014-12-29
Published:2014-12-29
Updated:2020-05-21
Summary: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.
CVSS v3 Severity:6.2 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:6.9 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
5.1 Medium (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
4.9 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
3.7 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
4.9 Medium (REDHAT CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
3.7 Low (REDHAT Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-362
CWE-416
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2014-9529

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a3a8784454692dd72e5d5d34dcdab17b4420e74c

Source: CCN
Type: Linux Kernel GIT Repository
Linux kernel security/keys/gc.c race condition

Source: FEDORA
Type: Third Party Advisory
FEDORA-2015-0517

Source: FEDORA
Type: Third Party Advisory
FEDORA-2015-0515

Source: SUSE
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2015:0714

Source: REDHAT
Type: Third Party Advisory
RHSA-2015:0864

Source: REDHAT
Type: Third Party Advisory
RHSA-2015:1137

Source: REDHAT
Type: Third Party Advisory
RHSA-2015:1138

Source: CCN
Type: oss-security Mailing List, Tue, 6 Jan 2015 12:59:17 -0500 (EST)
CVE-2014-9529 - Linux kernel security/keys/gc.c race condition

Source: DEBIAN
Type: Third Party Advisory
DSA-3128

Source: CCN
Type: IBM Security Bulletin T1022021
Kernel vulnerabilities affects PowerKVM (multiple CVEs)

Source: MANDRIVA
Type: Third Party Advisory
MDVSA-2015:058

Source: MLIST
Type: Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[oss-security] 20150106 CVE-2014-9529 - Linux kernel security/keys/gc.c race condition

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
71880

Source: CCN
Type: BID-71880
Linux Kernel 'keys/gc.c' Local Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Source: SECTRACK
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
1036763

Source: UBUNTU
Type: Third Party Advisory
USN-2511-1

Source: UBUNTU
Type: Third Party Advisory
USN-2512-1

Source: UBUNTU
Type: Third Party Advisory
USN-2513-1

Source: UBUNTU
Type: Third Party Advisory
USN-2514-1

Source: UBUNTU
Type: Third Party Advisory
USN-2515-1

Source: UBUNTU
Type: Third Party Advisory
USN-2516-1

Source: UBUNTU
Type: Third Party Advisory
USN-2517-1

Source: UBUNTU
Type: Third Party Advisory
USN-2518-1

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1179813

Source: XF
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
linux-kernel-cve20149529-dos(99641)

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
linux-kernel-cve20149529-dos(99641)

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a3a8784454692dd72e5d5d34dcdab17b4420e74c

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2014-9529

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 3.18.2)

    • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration 3:
  • cpe:/o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration 4:
  • cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration 5:
  • cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration 6:
  • cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 1:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 2:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6::client:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 3:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 4:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6::server:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 5:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 6:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 7:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::client:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 8:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 9:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::server:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 10:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 11:
  • cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_extras_rt:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • AND
  • cpe:/a:ibm:powerkvm:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20149529
    V
    		CVE-2014-9529
    2022-08-07
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32240
    P
    		Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 41 for SLE 12 SP3) (Important)
    2021-12-14
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26181
    P
    		Security update for mozilla-nss (Important)
    2021-12-06
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:31716
    P
    		Security update for mozilla-nss (Important)
    2021-12-06
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33041
    P
    		Security update for qemu (Important)
    2021-11-10
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26139
    P
    		Security update for libvirt (Moderate)
    2021-10-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:31642
    P
    		Security update for webkit2gtk3 (Important)
    2021-06-17
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33930
    P
    		Security update for java-1_8_0-openjdk (Moderate)
    2021-06-15
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:36164
    P
    		kernel-default-3.0.101-63.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:36428
    P
    		kernel-docs-3.0.101-63.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:42571
    P
    		kernel-default-3.0.101-63.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:31631
    P
    		Security update for gstreamer-plugins-bad (Important)
    2021-06-07
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:31630
    P
    		Security update for polkit (Important)
    2021-06-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26055
    P
    		Security update for hivex (Moderate)
    2021-05-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26053
    P
    		Security update for libxml2 (Important)
    2021-05-19
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32084
    P
    		Security update for gdm (Important)
    2021-04-28
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33891
    P
    		Security update for xorg-x11-server (Important)
    2021-04-13
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33098
    P
    		Security update for python3 (Moderate)
    2021-03-19
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33088
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-03-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25977
    P
    		Security update for openssl-1_1 (Important)
    2020-12-10
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28424
    P
    		Security update for wireshark (Low)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:27426
    P
    		kernel-docs on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25714
    P
    		Security update for libpng16 (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28849
    P
    		Security update for xalan-j2
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33253
    P
    		sblim-sfcb on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29160
    P
    		Security update for libxml2 (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:31848
    P
    		Security update for clamav (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26431
    P
    		Security update for tor (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32296
    P
    		Security update for procmail (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32423
    P
    		Security update for wpa_supplicant (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26554
    P
    		ghostscript-fonts-other on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28412
    P
    		Security update for tiff (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32798
    P
    		tgt on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26753
    P
    		libmysqlclient15-32bit on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28708
    P
    		Security update for gdk2 (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33186
    P
    		libtevent0-x86 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25917
    P
    		Security update for mariadb (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29104
    P
    		Security update for gstreamer-0_10-plugins-base (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26343
    P
    		Security update for MozillaThunderbird (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29878
    P
    		Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25978
    P
    		Security update for tcpdump, libpcap (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:27127
    P
    		freetype2 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26319
    P
    		Security update for kde-cli-tools5 (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32406
    P
    		Security update for wavpack (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32647
    P
    		cyrus-imapd on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26695
    P
    		fetchmail on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28492
    P
    		Security update for curl (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25725
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29001
    P
    		Security update for Linux kernel
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29204
    P
    		Security update for openssl (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:31940
    P
    		Recommended update for glibc (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26445
    P
    		Security update for chromium (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32345
    P
    		Security update for spice (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32434
    P
    		Security update for xen (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26607
    P
    		libvorbis on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33127
    P
    		kernel-default on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28413
    P
    		Security update for tiff (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32885
    P
    		jakarta-commons-httpclient3 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:27391
    P
    		e2fsprogs-devel on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25713
    P
    		Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28765
    P
    		Security update for librsvg (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33209
    P
    		mutt on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25998
    P
    		Security update for libreoffice (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29143
    P
    		Security update for kvm (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26392
    P
    		Security update for MozillaThunderbird (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25989
    P
    		Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:27162
    P
    		kernel-default on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32422
    P
    		Security update for wireshark (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26403
    P
    		Security update for ffmpeg (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32450
    P
    		Security update for xen (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32741
    P
    		libzip1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26709
    P
    		gmime on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28623
    P
    		Security update for zypper
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33147
    P
    		libexif on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25789
    P
    		Security update for flash-player (Critical)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29055
    P
    		Security update for bind (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26290
    P
    		Security update for ImageMagick (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29842
    P
    		Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:31997
    P
    		Security update for java-1_7_1-ibm (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26489
    P
    		Security update for php7-imagick (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26262
    P
    		Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32384
    P
    		Security update for tiff (Low)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32512
    P
    		freeradius-server on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26656
    P
    		zoo on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.cisecurity:def:190
    P
    		DSA-3128-1 -- linux -- security update
    2016-02-08
    oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20151137
    P
    		RHSA-2015:1137: kernel security and bug fix update (Important)
    2015-06-23
    oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20151139
    P
    		RHSA-2015:1139: kernel-rt security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Important)
    2015-06-23
    oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20150864
    P
    		RHSA-2015:0864: kernel security and bug fix update (Important)
    2015-04-21
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20149529000
    V
    		CVE-2014-9529 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
    2015-01-09
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201495290000000
    V
    		CVE-2014-9529 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2015-01-09
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20149529000
    V
    		CVE-2014-9529 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2015-01-09
    oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20149529000
    V
    		CVE-2014-9529 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.
    2015-01-09
    BACK
    linux linux kernel *
    redhat enterprise linux desktop 6.0
    redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0
    redhat enterprise linux server 6.0
    redhat enterprise linux server 7.0
    redhat enterprise linux server aus 6.6
    redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.3
    redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.4
    redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.6
    redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.7
    redhat enterprise linux server eus 6.6
    redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.1
    redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.2
    redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.3
    redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.4
    redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.5
    redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.6
    redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.7
    redhat enterprise linux server tus 6.6
    redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.3
    redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.6
    redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.7
    redhat enterprise linux workstation 6.0
    redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0
    opensuse opensuse 13.1
    fedoraproject fedora 20
    fedoraproject fedora 21
    debian debian linux 7.0
    debian debian linux 8.0
    canonical ubuntu linux 10.04
    canonical ubuntu linux 12.04
    canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
    canonical ubuntu linux 14.10
    linux linux kernel -
    ibm powerkvm 2.1