CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-0203
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2014-06-23
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
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.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 2.6.33)
• oracle linux 5
• oracle linux 6
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=86acdca1b63e6890540fa19495cfc708beff3d8b git.kernel.org
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0771.html Third Party Advisory
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3043.html Third Party Advisory
- http://mirror.linux.org.au/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59262 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59309 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59406 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59560 Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68125 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1094363 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/86acdca1b63e6890540fa19495cfc708beff3d8b Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=86acdca1b63e6890540fa19495cfc708beff3d8b git.kernel.org
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0771.html Third Party Advisory
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3043.html Third Party Advisory
- http://mirror.linux.org.au/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59262 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59309 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59406 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59560 Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68125 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1094363 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/86acdca1b63e6890540fa19495cfc708beff3d8b Patch, Third Party Advisory