UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8086

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2014-8086
Downstream
USN-2447-1
Published: 13 Oct 2014, 00:00
Last modified:04 Feb 2026, 04:35

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
19/100
CVSS Score
4.7 MEDIUM
3.1 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

13 Oct 2014, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Feb 2026, 04:35
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 4.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•linux-lts-utopic

    < 3.16.0-26.35~14.04.1

References (5)