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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-09-28T10:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T12:17:23.415Z

Reserved: 2014-09-15T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-6417

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-09-28T10:55:10.627

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:21:01.200

Link: CVE-2014-6417

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2014-09-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-6417 - Bugzilla