CVE-2014-8172

The filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.13 performs certain operations on lists of files with an inappropriate locking approach, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (soft lockup or system crash) via unspecified use of Asynchronous I/O (AIO) operations.
Configurations

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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 02:18

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References () http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eee5cc2702929fd41cce28058dc6d6717f723f87 - () http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eee5cc2702929fd41cce28058dc6d6717f723f87 -
References () http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html - () http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html -
References () http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0694.html - () http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0694.html -
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/09/3 - () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/09/3 -
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198503 - () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198503 -
References () https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/eee5cc2702929fd41cce28058dc6d6717f723f87 - () https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/eee5cc2702929fd41cce28058dc6d6717f723f87 -

Information

Published : 2015-03-16 10:59

Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46


NVD link : CVE-2014-8172

Mitre link : CVE-2014-8172

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2014-8172


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-17

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