CVE-2014-6417

Published: September 28, 2014Last modified: April 24, 2024

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.

Status

References

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c27a3e4d667fdcad3db7b104f75659478e0c68d8
• http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/8979
• http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/9560
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16.3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/15/7
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2376-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2377-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2378-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2379-1
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1142072
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c27a3e4d667fdcad3db7b104f75659478e0c68d8