CVE-2014-8086

MediumCVSS 4.7/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 4.7/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-362

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Oct 13, 2014
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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