{"id":"CVE-2014-3631","details":"The assoc_array_gc function in the associative-array implementation in lib/assoc_array.c in the Linux kernel before 3.16.3 does not properly implement garbage collection, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via multiple \"keyctl newring\" operations followed by a \"keyctl timeout\" operation.","modified":"2026-04-16T01:48:39.105281764Z","published":"2014-09-28T10:55:10Z","withdrawn":"2026-01-27T04:13:16.365066Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36268"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70095"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2378-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2379-1"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16.3"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/95389b08d93d5c06ec63ab49bd732b0069b7c35e"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1140325"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=95389b08d93d5c06ec63ab49bd732b0069b7c35e"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/111298"}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}