CVE-2014-7145

high
Published 2014-09-28 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.8
VIR risk
7.8

Description

The SMB2_tcon function in fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c in the Linux kernel before 3.16.3 allows remote CIFS servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and client system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by deleting the IPC$ share during resolution of DFS referrals.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-7145

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/18f39e7be0121317550d03e267e3ebd4dbfbb3ce

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16.3

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed3.16.3-1
debian debianbullseyefixed3.16.3-1
debian debianforkyfixed3.16.3-1
debian debiansidfixed3.16.3-1
debian debiantrixiefixed3.16.3-1
linux linux-kernelaffected3.10.55
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
redhat rhel7.0affected

References

CWEs

CWE-399

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.