CVE-2014-0203
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2014-06-23 10:00
Modified
2024-08-06 09:05
Severity ?
Summary
The __do_follow_link function in fs/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33 does not properly handle the last pathname component during use of certain filesystems, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (incorrect free operations and system crash) via an open system call.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=86acdca1b63e6890540fa19495cfc708beff3d8b
secalert@redhat.comhttp://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0771.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3043.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://mirror.linux.org.au/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/59262Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/59309Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/59406Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/59560Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68125Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1094363Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/86acdca1b63e6890540fa19495cfc708beff3d8bPatch, Third Party Advisory
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