CVE-2014-0102

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-0102
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-03-11 13:01:08 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.2 from [email protected]

AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-310 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1072419 – (CVE-2014-0102) CVE-2014-0102 kernel: security: keyring cycle detector DoS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
LKML: Tommi Rantala: kernel BUG at security/keys/keyring.c:1003! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lkml.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE-2014-0102 -- Linux kernel: security: keyring cycle detector DoS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
www.kernelhub.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernelhub.org Broken Link
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