CVE-2014-0203
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0203
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2014-0203.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2014-0203
- Downstream
- Related
- Withdrawn
- 2026-01-27T04:12:27.013831Z
- Published
- 2014-06-23T11:21:17Z
- Modified
- 2026-01-27T04:12:27.013831Z
- Severity
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- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The _dofollow_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.
- References
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- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0771.html
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3043.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59262
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59309
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59406
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59560
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68125
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1094363
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/86acdca1b63e6890540fa19495cfc708beff3d8b
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=86acdca1b63e6890540fa19495cfc708beff3d8b
- http://mirror.linux.org.au/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33