Microsoft advisory for CVE-2014-9940
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📋 Microsoft's advisory
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🧭 EchelonGraph on CVE-2014-9940
- EchelonGraph score
- 7.0 HIGH
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Fix status
- A fix is available — apply it.
Description from the CVE record (CVE.org), as published by its numbering authority
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.
Published by Android (associated with Google Inc. or Open Handset Alliance), the CVE Numbering Authority that assigned CVE-2014-9940, in its CVE record at CVE.org; reused under the CVE Program's Terms of Use (its licence and MITRE's copyright notice are in our Terms of Service).