CVE-2014-8559
Fixed in a distro release EPSS <1%
The d_walk function in fs/dcache.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not properly maintain the semantics of rename_lock, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock and system hang) via a crafted application.
Products: linux_kernel, canonical ubuntu_linux, novell suse_linux_enterprise_desktop, novell suse_linux_enterprise_server, opensuse evergreen, opensuse, suse linux_enterprise_real_time_extension, suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit, suse linux_enterprise_workstation_extension, suse_linux_enterprise_server, oracle linux
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Debian 12 | linux | 3.16.7-ckt4-1 |
| Debian 13 | linux | 3.16.7-ckt4-1 |
| Debian 14 | linux | 3.16.7-ckt4-1 |
| Debian 7 | linux | 3.2.65-1+deb7u2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.el7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.ael7b |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-abi-whitelists | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.el7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-abi-whitelists | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.ael7b |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-bootwrapper | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.ael7b |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-debug | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.ael7b |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-debug | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.el7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-debug-debuginfo | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.ael7b |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-debug-debuginfo | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.el7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-debug-devel | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.ael7b |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-debug-devel | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.el7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-debuginfo | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.ael7b |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-debuginfo | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.el7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64 | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.el7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.ael7b |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.el7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.el7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-devel | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.el7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-devel | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.ael7b |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-doc | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.el7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-doc | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.ael7b |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-headers | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.el7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-headers | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.ael7b |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-kdump | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.el7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-kdump-debuginfo | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.el7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-kdump-devel | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.el7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-tools | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.el7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-tools | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.ael7b |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-tools-debuginfo | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.el7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-tools-debuginfo | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.ael7b |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-tools-libs | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.el7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-tools-libs | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.ael7b |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-tools-libs-devel | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.ael7b |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-tools-libs-devel | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.el7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | perf | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.ael7b |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | perf | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.el7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | perf-debuginfo | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.el7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | perf-debuginfo | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.ael7b |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | python-perf | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.ael7b |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | python-perf | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.el7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | python-perf-debuginfo | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.el7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | python-perf-debuginfo | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.ael7b |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 2 server el6 | kernel-rt | 1:3.10.0-229.rt56.162.el6rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 2 server el6 | kernel-rt-debug | 1:3.10.0-229.rt56.162.el6rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 2 server el6 | kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo | 1:3.10.0-229.rt56.162.el6rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 2 server el6 | kernel-rt-debug-devel | 1:3.10.0-229.rt56.162.el6rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 2 server el6 | kernel-rt-debuginfo | 1:3.10.0-229.rt56.162.el6rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 2 server el6 | kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64 | 1:3.10.0-229.rt56.162.el6rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 2 server el6 | kernel-rt-devel | 1:3.10.0-229.rt56.162.el6rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 2 server el6 | kernel-rt-doc | 1:3.10.0-229.rt56.162.el6rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 2 server el6 | kernel-rt-firmware | 1:3.10.0-229.rt56.162.el6rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 2 server el6 | kernel-rt-trace | 1:3.10.0-229.rt56.162.el6rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 2 server el6 | kernel-rt-trace-debuginfo | 1:3.10.0-229.rt56.162.el6rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 2 server el6 | kernel-rt-trace-devel | 1:3.10.0-229.rt56.162.el6rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 2 server el6 | kernel-rt-vanilla | 1:3.10.0-229.rt56.162.el6rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 2 server el6 | kernel-rt-vanilla-debuginfo | 1:3.10.0-229.rt56.162.el6rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 2 server el6 | kernel-rt-vanilla-devel | 1:3.10.0-229.rt56.162.el6rt |
| Red Hat rhel extras rt 7 | kernel-rt | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.rt56.141.14.el7_1 |
| Red Hat rhel extras rt 7 | kernel-rt-debug | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.rt56.141.14.el7_1 |
| Red Hat rhel extras rt 7 | kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.rt56.141.14.el7_1 |
| Red Hat rhel extras rt 7 | kernel-rt-debug-devel | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.rt56.141.14.el7_1 |
| Red Hat rhel extras rt 7 | kernel-rt-debuginfo | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.rt56.141.14.el7_1 |
| Red Hat rhel extras rt 7 | kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64 | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.rt56.141.14.el7_1 |
| Red Hat rhel extras rt 7 | kernel-rt-devel | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.rt56.141.14.el7_1 |
| Red Hat rhel extras rt 7 | kernel-rt-doc | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.rt56.141.14.el7_1 |
| Red Hat rhel extras rt 7 | kernel-rt-trace | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.rt56.141.14.el7_1 |
| Red Hat rhel extras rt 7 | kernel-rt-trace-debuginfo | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.rt56.141.14.el7_1 |
| Red Hat rhel extras rt 7 | kernel-rt-trace-devel | 0:3.10.0-229.20.1.rt56.141.14.el7_1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 | kernel-default | 3.12.38-44.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 | kernel-source | 3.12.38-44.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 | kernel-syms | 3.12.38-44.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 | kernel-xen | 3.12.38-44.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 | kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_3 | 1-2.2 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12 | kernel-ec2 | 3.12.38-44.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 | kernel-default | 3.12.38-44.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 | kernel-source | 3.12.38-44.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 | kernel-syms | 3.12.38-44.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 | kernel-xen | 3.12.38-44.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 | kernel-default | 3.12.38-44.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 | kernel-source | 3.12.38-44.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 | kernel-syms | 3.12.38-44.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 | kernel-xen | 3.12.38-44.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 | kernel-docs | 3.12.38-44.5 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 | kernel-obs-build | 3.12.38-44.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 | kernel-default | 3.12.38-44.1 |
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | linux | 3.13.0-46.75 |
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | linux-lts-utopic | 3.16.0-31.41~14.04.1 |