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Cent OS: CVE-2014-9529: CESA-2015:1137 (kernel)

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Cent OS: CVE-2014-9529: CESA-2015:1137 (kernel)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
01/09/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
05/25/2020

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.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-kernel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-abi-whitelists
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-debug
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-debug-devel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-devel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-doc
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-firmware
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-headers
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-tools
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-tools-libs
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-tools-libs-devel
  • centos-upgrade-perf
  • centos-upgrade-python-perf

References

  • DSA-3128
  • MDVSA-2015:058
  • CVE-2014-9529
  • USN-2511-1
  • USN-2512-1
  • USN-2513-1
  • USN-2514-1
  • USN-2515-1
  • USN-2516-1
  • USN-2517-1
  • USN-2518-1
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