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CVE-2014-8086

CVE-2014-8086

EPSS 0.4%
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.
Affected products
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References
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00004.htmlhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.htmlhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0694.htmlhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151353https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96922https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/8/545https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/9/129http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/09/25http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70376http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-ext4/msg45683.htmlhttp://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-ext4/msg45685.html