CVE-2014-8172
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.9
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 3.13.4-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 3.13.4-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 3.13.4-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 3.13.4-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 3.13.4-1 |
| linux-kernel | affected | |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eee5cc2702929fd41cce28058dc6d6717f723f87
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0694.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/09/3
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198503
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/eee5cc2702929fd41cce28058dc6d6717f723f87
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8172
CWEs
CWE-17
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