FKIE_CVE-2014-6417

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-09-28 10:55 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:13
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c27a3e4d667fdcad3db7b104f75659478e0c68d8
cve@mitre.orghttp://tracker.ceph.com/issues/8979Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://tracker.ceph.com/issues/9560Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16.3Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/15/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2376-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2377-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2378-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2379-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1142072Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c27a3e4d667fdcad3db7b104f75659478e0c68d8Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c27a3e4d667fdcad3db7b104f75659478e0c68d8
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/8979Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/9560Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16.3Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/15/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2376-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2377-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2378-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2379-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1142072Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c27a3e4d667fdcad3db7b104f75659478e0c68d8Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
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