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CVE-2014-9914

HIGH

7.8

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.8

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published2/7/2017

Last Modified4/20/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

google:androidlinux:linux_kernel

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-362CWE-416

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9709674e68646cee5a24e3000b3558d25412203a(security@android.com)

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-02-01.html(security@android.com)

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.15.2(security@android.com)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96100(security@android.com)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037798(security@android.com)

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9709674e68646cee5a24e3000b3558d25412203a(security@android.com)

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9709674e68646cee5a24e3000b3558d25412203a(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-02-01.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.15.2(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96100(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037798(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9709674e68646cee5a24e3000b3558d25412203a(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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