The filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.13 performs...
Vulnerability Description
The filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.13 performs certain operations on lists of files with an inappropriate locking approach, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (soft lockup or system crash) via unspecified use of Asynchronous I/O (AIO) operations.
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References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/09/3
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eee5cc2702929fd41cce28058dc6d6717f723f87
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0694.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198503
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/eee5cc2702929fd41cce28058dc6d6717f723f87
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