CVE-2014-9914
Description
Race condition in the ip4_datagram_release_cb function in net/ipv4/datagram.c in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging incorrect expectations about locking during multithreaded access to internal data structures for IPv4 UDP sockets.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9914
Vendor advisory: security@android.com — https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9709674e68646cee5a24e3000b3558d25412203a
Vendor advisory: security@android.com — http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.15.2
Vendor advisory: security@android.com — http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9709674e68646cee5a24e3000b3558d25412203a
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9914.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 3.16.2-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 3.16.2-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 3.16.2-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 3.16.2-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 3.16.2-1 |
| linux-kernel | affected | 3.10.45 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9914.html
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9709674e68646cee5a24e3000b3558d25412203a
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-02-01.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.15.2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96100
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037798
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9709674e68646cee5a24e3000b3558d25412203a
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9914
CWEs
CWE-362 CWE-416
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.