CVE-2014-8086
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 31.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 4.7 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-10-13 10:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 13:10Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-10-09
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- fdc682424e1acb39266c79fad117f34c430158b228e08b380924238c1667d65b
05 Affected products
06 References
- lkml.org[linux-kernel] 20141008 ext4: kernel BUG at fs/ext4/inode.c:2959!https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/8/545
- www.securityfocus.com70376http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70376
- www.spinics.net[linux-ext4] 20141009 [PATCH] add aio/dio regression test race between write and fcntlhttp://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-ext4/msg45685.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151353
- www.spinics.net[linux-ext4] 20141009 [PATCH] ext4: fix race between write and fcntl(F_SETFL)http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-ext4/msg45683.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:0694http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0694.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:0290http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:1478http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00004.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comlinux-kernel-cve20148086-dos(96922)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96922
- lkml.org[linux-kernel] 20141009 Re: ext4: kernel BUG at fs/ext4/inode.c:2959!https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/9/129
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20141009 CVE-2014-8086 - Linux kernel ext4 race conditionhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/09/25
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 3.16.7-ckt2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 3.16.7-ckt2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 3.16.7-ckt2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- linux-lts-utopic Fixed in 3.16.0-26.35~14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.