Tracker / CVE-2014-0203
CVE-2014-0203
Medium 5.5
The __do_follow_link function in fs/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33 does not properly handle the last pathname component during use of certain filesystems, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (incorrect free operations and system crash) via an open system call.
Affected products and versions
| linux | linux_kernel · … → 2.6.33 |
|---|---|
| oracle | linux |
Analysis
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