CVE-2014-2672

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 6
Modified
Published: 01 Apr 2014, 01:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 10:21

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
29/100
CVSS Score
7.1 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.67% LOW
1% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

01 Apr 2014, 01:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 10:21
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Race condition in the ath_tx_aggr_sleep function in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a large amount of network traffic that triggers certain list deletions.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.1AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.67%• Percentile: 72%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-362•Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

    The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≥ 3.2, < 3.2.56 | ≥ 3.3, < 3.4.92 | ≥ 3.5, < 3.10.42 | ≥ 3.11, < 3.12.15 | ≥ 3.13, < 3.13.7

References (8)