CVE-2014-8172
Linux Kernel < 3.13 - Denial of Service via Asynchronous I/O Operations
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/09/3
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eee5cc2702929fd41cce28058dc6d6717f723f87
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198503
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/eee5cc2702929fd41cce28058dc6d6717f723f87
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0694.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html
Scores
EPSS
0.0038
EPSS Percentile
30.8%
Details
CWE
CWE-17
Status
published
Products (1)
linux/linux_kernel
< 3.12.17
Published
Mar 16, 2015
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026