CVE-2014-8172
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Summary
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 Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a | affected |
Weaknesses
- n/a
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/09/3
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eee5cc2702929fd41cce28058dc6d6717f723f87
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0694.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198503
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/eee5cc2702929fd41cce28058dc6d6717f723f87
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/09/3
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eee5cc2702929fd41cce28058dc6d6717f723f87
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0694.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198503
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/eee5cc2702929fd41cce28058dc6d6717f723f87
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