CVE-2014-8172

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8172
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2014-8172.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2014-8172
Downstream
Published
2015-03-16T10:59:02Z
Modified
2025-04-12T10:46:40Z
Summary
[none]
Details

The filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.13 performs certain operations on lists of files with an inappropriate locking approach, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (soft lockup or system crash) via unspecified use of Asynchronous I/O (AIO) operations.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.13.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.13.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.13.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}