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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel (Operating System) (version now known). It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function xfs_da3_fixhashpath
. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability.
The weakness was released 10/01/2014 by Hannes Frederic Sowa as Bug 1148777 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-7283 since 10/01/2014. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The reason for this vulnerability is this part of code:
if (be32_to_cpu(btree->hashval) == lasthash)
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 79684 (RHEL 6 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2014:1943)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 195509 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux Vulnerabilities (USN-2226-1)).
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The vulnerability will be addressed with the following lines of code:
if (be32_to_cpu(btree[blk->index].hashval) == lasthash)
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (96836) and Tenable (79684). Further details are available at seclists.org. Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at 12694.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Unproven
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Nessus ID: 79684
Nessus Name: RHEL 6 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2014:1943)
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Patch: c88547a8119e3b581318ab65e9b72f27f23e641d
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Sources
Vendor: kernel.orgAdvisory: Bug 1148777
Researcher: Hannes Frederic Sowa
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-7283 (🔍)
X-Force: 96836 - Linux Kernel xfs_da3_fixhashpath() denial of service, Medium Risk
Vulnerability Center: 46426 - Linux Kernel before 3.14.2 Local DoS due to Hash Collisions, Medium
SecurityFocus: 70261 - Linux Kernel 'xfs_da_btree.c' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 10/08/2014 11:58Updated: 02/21/2022 10:00
Changes: 10/08/2014 11:58 (74), 06/08/2017 10:24 (4), 02/21/2022 09:59 (4), 02/21/2022 10:00 (1)
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