CVE-2014-9940
Status: ModifiedHigh (7)—
Severity7High · CVSS 3.1
Exploitation probability1.62 %higher than 76% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found
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.
CVSS
- Base score
- 7
- Version
- 3.1
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- 1.62 %
- Percentile among all scored CVEs
- 76
- Score date
- 10/23/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (2)
CWEs
- CWE-416
References
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- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=60a2362f769cf549dc466134efe71c8bf9fbaaba
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3945
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98195
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/60a2362f769cf549dc466134efe71c8bf9fbaaba
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=60a2362f769cf549dc466134efe71c8bf9fbaaba
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3945
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98195
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/60a2362f769cf549dc466134efe71c8bf9fbaaba
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01
Raw JSON (NVD)
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