High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 7, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2014-9914
CVE-2014-9914
Description
Race condition in the ip4_datagram_release_cb function in net/ipv4/datagram.c in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging incorrect expectations about locking during multithreaded access to internal data structures for IPv4 UDP sockets.
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References
6- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9709674e68646cee5a24e3000b3558d25412203anvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-02-01.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.15.2nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/96100nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037798nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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