CVE-2014-8086
Moderate
CVE-2014-8086
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.
Exploit probability
0.4%
Published
October 13, 2014
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 10, 2026
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2014-8086
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- 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