CVE-2014-8559

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8559
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2014-8559.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2014-8559
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Published
2014-11-10T11:55:09Z
Modified
2025-08-09T20:01:28Z
Severity
  • 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

The dwalk function in fs/dcache.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not properly maintain the semantics of renamelock, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock and system hang) via a crafted application.

References

Affected packages