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CVE-2014-0203
medium
Description
The __do_follow_link function in fs/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33 does not properly handle the last pathname component during use of certain filesystems, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (incorrect free operations and system crash) via an open system call.
References
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/86acdca1b63e6890540fa19495cfc708beff3d8b
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68125
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2014-0254
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1094363
http://secunia.com/advisories/59560
http://secunia.com/advisories/59406
http://secunia.com/advisories/59309
http://secunia.com/advisories/59262
http://mirror.linux.org.au/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33