GSD-2014-8172

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:22
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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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CVE-2014-8172
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