Security Advisory
CVE-2014-8086
4.7
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Description
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.
Published Date
October 13, 2014
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory