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CVE-2014-8559

Date: November 10, 2014

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

Language: C

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (36)

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/62801

Url: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=946e51f2bf37f1656916eb75bd0742ba33983c28

Url: https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/25/180

Url: https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/26/128

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00020.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70854

Url: https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/26/129

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1978.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2492-1

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00009.html

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-8559

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170

Url: https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/26/101

Url: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ca5358ef75fc69fee5322a38a340f5739d997c10

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2493-1

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034051

Url: https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/26/116

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/30/7

Url: https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/25/171

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1976.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00035.html

Url: https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/25/179

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1159313

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8559

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2515-1

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2517-1

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8559

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2516-1

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8559

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2518-1

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html

Url: https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K05211147

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-8559

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CWE-400

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2014-8559

Date: November 10, 2014

Language: C

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CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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