CVE-2014-8086 Information

Description

Race condition in the ext4_file_write_iter function in fs/ext4/file.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17 allows local users to cause a denial of service (file unavailability) via a combination of a write action and an F_SETFL fcntl operation for the O_DIRECT flag.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00004.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0694.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/09/25 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70376 http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-ext4/msg45683.html http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-ext4/msg45685.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151353 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96922 https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/8/545 https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/9/129

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

4.7