# CVE-2014-5332: 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, w

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2015-02-06 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2015/01/exploiting-nvmap-to-escape-chrome.html
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3618

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