CVE-2014-8172

Published: Mar 16, 2015Modified: May 6, 2026

4.9

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 6.9

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	Up to 3.12.17

Related CWEs

References (12)

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eee5cc2702929fd41cce28058dc6d6717f723f87

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0694.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/09/3

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198503

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/eee5cc2702929fd41cce28058dc6d6717f723f87

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eee5cc2702929fd41cce28058dc6d6717f723f87

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

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html

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

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0694.html

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

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/09/3

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198503

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

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/eee5cc2702929fd41cce28058dc6d6717f723f87

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

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