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CVE-2014-9914

kernel: Race condition in the ip4_datagram_release_cb function

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7

CVSS 3.0

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Published · June 10, 2014

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

A race condition in the ip4_datagram_release_cb function in net/ipv4/datagram.c in the Linux kernel 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.

Statement

This issue does not affect the Linux kernels as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and realtime kernels.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 7
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-362 · Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')