Security Advisory
CVE-2014-8172
4.9
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.
Published Date
March 16, 2015
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory