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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…
High7.2EPSS 0.96%
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- redhat
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.96% · top 38% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
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Affected products
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References (9)
- 36268 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1140325 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 70095 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 111298 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- USN-2378-1 (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=95389b08d93d5c06ec63ab49bd732b0069b7c35e (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2379-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16.3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/95389b08d93d5c06ec63ab49bd732b0069b7c35e (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- 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)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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