CVE-2014-8559

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8559
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2014-8559.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2014-8559
Related
Published
2014-11-10T11:55:09Z
Modified
2024-09-18T01:00:22Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The dwalk function in fs/dcache.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not properly maintain the semantics of renamelock, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock and system hang) via a crafted application.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.16.7-ckt4-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.16.7-ckt4-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.16.7-ckt4-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}