CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-8559
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2014-11-10
- 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-400
Description
The d_walk function in fs/dcache.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not properly maintain the semantics of rename_lock, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock and system hang) via a crafted application.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (<= 3.17.2)
• canonical ubuntu linux 12.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.10
• novell suse linux enterprise desktop 12.0
• novell suse linux enterprise server 12.0
• opensuse evergreen 11.4
• opensuse opensuse 13.1
• suse linux enterprise real time extension 11
• suse linux enterprise software development kit 12
• suse linux enterprise workstation extension 12
• suse suse linux enterprise server 11
• oracle linux 7
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00035.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00020.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00009.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1976.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1978.html Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62801 Broken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/30/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70854 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034051 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2492-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2493-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2515-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2516-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2517-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2518-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1159313 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=946e51f2bf37f1656916eb75bd0742ba33983c28 Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ca5358ef75fc69fee5322a38a340f5739d997c10 Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/25/171 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/25/179 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/25/180 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/26/101 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/26/116 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/26/128 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/26/129 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K05211147 Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00035.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00020.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00009.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1976.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1978.html Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62801 Broken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/30/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70854 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034051 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2492-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2493-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2515-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2516-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2517-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2518-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1159313 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=946e51f2bf37f1656916eb75bd0742ba33983c28 Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ca5358ef75fc69fee5322a38a340f5739d997c10 Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/25/171 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/25/179 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/25/180 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/26/101 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/26/116 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/26/128 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/26/129 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K05211147 Third Party Advisory