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CVE-2014-8086
Published: Oct 13, 2014
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Race condition in the ext4_file_write_iter function in fs/ext4/file.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17 allows local users to cause a denial of service (file unavailability) via a combination of a write action and an F_SETFL fcntl operation for the O_DIRECT flag.
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References
[linux-kernel] 20141008 ext4: kernel BUG at fs/ext4/inode.c:2959!
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70376
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[linux-ext4] 20141009 [PATCH] add aio/dio regression test race between write and fcntl
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151353
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[linux-ext4] 20141009 [PATCH] ext4: fix race between write and fcntl(F_SETFL)
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RHSA-2015:0694
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RHSA-2015:0290
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SUSE-SU-2015:1478
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linux-kernel-cve20148086-dos(96922)
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[linux-kernel] 20141009 Re: ext4: kernel BUG at fs/ext4/inode.c:2959!
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[oss-security] 20141009 CVE-2014-8086 - Linux kernel ext4 race condition
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