CVE-2014-8172

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.9
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedMar 16, 2015
First seenMar 16, 2015

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv ≤ 3.12.17—

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