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USN-2511-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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USN-2511-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

01/09/2015

Created

07/25/2018

Added

02/27/2015

Modified

07/09/2020

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)

ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-73-386
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-73-generic
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-73-generic-pae
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-73-ia64
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-73-lpia
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-73-powerpc
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-73-powerpc-smp
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-73-powerpc64-smp
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-73-preempt
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-73-server
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-73-sparc64
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-73-sparc64-smp
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-73-versatile
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-73-virtual

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2014-9529
CVE - 2014-9529
CVE - 2014-9584
DSA-3128
USN-2511-1

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