CVE-2014-9529

medium
Published 2015-01-09 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.9
VIR risk
6.9

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9529

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a3a8784454692dd72e5d5d34dcdab17b4420e74c

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1179813

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/06/10

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed3.16.7-ckt4-1
debian debianbullseyefixed3.16.7-ckt4-1
debian debianforkyfixed3.16.7-ckt4-1
debian debiansidfixed3.16.7-ckt4-1
debian debiantrixiefixed3.16.7-ckt4-1
debian debian7.0affected
debian debian8.0affected
fedora fedora20affected
fedora fedora21affected
suse suse13.1affected
redhat rhel6.0affected
redhat rhel7.0affected
ubuntu ubuntu10.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.10affected
linux linux-kernelaffected3.2.67

References

CWEs

CWE-362

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.