CVE-2014-8086
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2014-10-09 | |
| Impact: | Moderate | What is this? |
Description
A race condition flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 file system implementation that allowed a local, unprivileged user to crash the system by simultaneously writing to a file and toggling the O_DIRECT flag using fcntl(F_SETFL) on that file.
See more information about CVE-2014-8086 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score: | 4.7 |
| Vector String: | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel) | ELSA-2015-0290 | 2015-03-11 |
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