Cryptographic issues in Linux kernel - CVE-2014-0102
Published: March 11, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41949
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0102
CWE-ID: CWE-310
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The keyring_detect_cycle_iterator function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 does not properly determine whether keyrings are identical, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via crafted keyctl commands.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-0102
Install update from vendor's website.