CVE-2014-6417 | BDVDB-2026-64372 Detail
Description#
net/ceph/auth_x.c in Ceph, as used in the Linux kernel before 3.16.3, does not properly consider the possibility of kmalloc failure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long unencrypted auth ticket.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2377-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1142072
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c27a3e4d667fdcad3db7b104f75659478e0c68d8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/15/7
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2378-1
- http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/9560
- http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/8979
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2379-1
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16.3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2376-1
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c27a3e4d667fdcad3db7b104f75659478e0c68d8
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.