VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2014-8172

CVSS score4.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.38%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2015-03-16
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Description

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.

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