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CVE-2014-8559

CVE-2014-8559

EPSS 0.7%
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.
Affected products
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References
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00035.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00020.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00009.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.htmlhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1976.htmlhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1978.htmlhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1159313http://secunia.com/advisories/62801https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=946e51f2bf37f1656916eb75bd0742ba33983c28https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ca5358ef75fc69fee5322a38a340f5739d997c10