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CVE-2014-8172
Published: Mar 16, 2015
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
[oss-security] 20150309 CVE-2014-8172
mailing-list
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RHSA-2015:0694
vendor-advisory
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RHSA-2015:0290
vendor-advisory
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198503
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