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SUSE: CVE-2014-8086: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2014-8086: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
10/13/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/18/2015
Modified
02/04/2022

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-docs
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-extra
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-obs-build

References

  • SUSE-SU-2015:1071-1
  • SUSE-SU-2015:1174-1
  • SUSE-SU-2015:1376-1
  • SUSE-SU-2015:1478-1
  • CVE-2014-8086
  • USN-2447-1
  • USN-2447-2
  • USN-2448-1
  • USN-2448-2
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