CVE-2014-8086

medium

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.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00004.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0694.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151353

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96922

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/09/25

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-10-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium