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CVE-2014-2672

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.

Published

2014-04-01T06:35:53.747

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.1 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-362

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 3.2.56	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 3.4.92	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 3.10.42	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 3.12.15	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 3.13.7	Yes

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=21f8aaee0c62708654988ce092838aa7df4d25d8 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/57468 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.7 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/30/5 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66492 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70551 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/21f8aaee0c62708654988ce092838aa7df4d25d8 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.15 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=21f8aaee0c62708654988ce092838aa7df4d25d8 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/57468 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.7 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/30/5 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66492 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70551 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/21f8aaee0c62708654988ce092838aa7df4d25d8 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.15 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)