Description
Double free vulnerability in the ioctx_alloc function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving an error condition in the aio_setup_ring function.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d558023207e008a4476a3b7bb8706b2a2bf5d84f
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.4
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/31/10
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d558023207e008a4476a3b7bb8706b2a2bf5d84f
Scores
EPSS
0.0037
EPSS Percentile
29.3%
Details
CWE
CWE-399
Status
published
Products (44)
linux/linux_kernel
3.0 rc1 (7 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.1
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.2
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.3
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.4
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.5
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.6
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.7
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.8
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.9
... and 34 more
Published
Apr 01, 2014
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026