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F5 Networks: K17237 (CVE-2014-7822): Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2014-7822

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F5 Networks: K17237 (CVE-2014-7822): Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2014-7822

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/16/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/16/2017
Modified
10/13/2017

Description

The implementation of certain splice_write file operations in the Linux kernel before 3.16 does not enforce a restriction on the maximum size of a single file, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted splice system call, as demonstrated by use of a file descriptor associated with an ext4 filesystem.

Solution(s)

  • f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest

References

  • https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K17237
  • SUSE-SU-2015:0529
  • SUSE-SU-2015:0736
  • SUSE-SU-2015:1488
  • SUSE-SU-2015:1489
  • RHSA-2015:0102
  • RHSA-2015:0164
  • RHSA-2015:0674
  • RHSA-2015:0694
  • DLA-155-1
  • DSA-3170
  • 72347
  • USN-2541-1
  • USN-2542-1
  • USN-2543-1
  • USN-2544-1
  • CVE-2014-7822
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