CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-9940
7.0 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-05-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.6 HIGH — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Description
The regulator_ena_gpio_free function in drivers/regulator/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted application.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (> 3.10 < 3.16.45)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.17 < 3.18.52)
• linux linux kernel 3.10
• google android (<= 7.1.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=60a2362f769cf549dc466134efe71c8bf9fbaaba Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3945 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98195 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/60a2362f769cf549dc466134efe71c8bf9fbaaba Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01 Vendor Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=60a2362f769cf549dc466134efe71c8bf9fbaaba Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3945 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98195 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/60a2362f769cf549dc466134efe71c8bf9fbaaba Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01 Vendor Advisory