CVE-2014-5332

Published: Feb 6, 2015Modified: May 6, 2026

6.9

Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability: 3.4 / Impact: 10.0

Source: NVD

Description

Race condition in NVMap in NVIDIA Tegra Linux Kernel 3.10 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted NVMAP_IOC_CREATE IOCTL call, which triggers a use-after-free error, as demonstrated by using a race condition to escape the Chrome sandbox.

Affected (1)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

Linux

1 product

Linux Kernel

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 3.10

Related CWEs

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.

References (4)

http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2015/01/exploiting-nvmap-to-escape-chrome.html

Source: vultures@jpcert.or.jp

Exploit

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3618

Source: vultures@jpcert.or.jp

Vendor Advisory

http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2015/01/exploiting-nvmap-to-escape-chrome.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3618

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

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