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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2015-03-16T10:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:10:50.979Z

Reserved: 2014-10-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-8172

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-03-16T10:59:02.990

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:18:42.470

Link: CVE-2014-8172

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2013-11-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-8172 - Bugzilla