Linux Kernel CVE-2014-8559 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	70854
Class:	Race Condition Error
CVE:	CVE-2014-8559
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Oct 30 2014 12:00AM
Updated:	Feb 02 2016 08:08PM
Credit:	Sasha Levin
Vulnerable:	Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 14.10 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS i386 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS amd64 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS S.u.S.E. openSUSE 13.2 S.u.S.E. openSUSE 13.1 Redhat MRG Realtime for RHEL 6 Server 2 Oracle Linux 0 Oracle Enterprise Linux 7 Linux kernel 3.17.2 Linux kernel 3.16.2 Linux kernel 3.16.1 Linux kernel 3.15.5 Linux kernel 3.15.2 Linux kernel 3.14.4 Linux kernel 3.14.3 Linux kernel 3.14.2 Linux kernel 3.13.9 Linux kernel 3.13.3 Linux kernel 3.13.1 Linux kernel 3.12.21 Linux kernel 3.12.18 Linux kernel 3.12.17 Linux kernel 3.12.16 Linux kernel 3.12.11 Linux kernel 3.12.7 Linux kernel 3.12.4 Linux kernel 3.12.3 Linux kernel 3.12.2 Linux kernel 3.11.3 Linux kernel 3.10.45 Linux kernel 3.10.41 Linux kernel 3.10.38 Linux kernel 3.10.37 Linux kernel 3.10.36 Linux kernel 3.10.30 Linux kernel 3.10.27 Linux kernel 3.10.26 Linux kernel 3.10.23 Linux kernel 3.10.22 Linux kernel 3.10.21 Linux kernel 3.10.14 Linux kernel 3.10.10 Linux kernel 3.10.9 Linux kernel 3.10.7 Linux kernel 3.8.9 Linux kernel 3.8.6 Linux kernel 3.8.5 Linux kernel 3.8.4 Linux kernel 3.8.2 Linux kernel 3.8.1 Linux kernel 3.7.10 Linux kernel 3.7.9 Linux kernel 3.7.8 Linux kernel 3.7.7 Linux kernel 3.7.5 Linux kernel 3.7.4 Linux kernel 3.7.3 Linux kernel 3.7.2 Linux kernel 3.7.1 Linux kernel 3.6.11 Linux kernel 3.6.10 Linux kernel 3.6.9 Linux kernel 3.6.8 Linux kernel 3.6.7 Linux kernel 3.6.6 Linux kernel 3.6.5 Linux kernel 3.6.4 Linux kernel 3.6.3 Linux kernel 3.6.2 Linux kernel 3.6.1 Linux kernel 3.5.7 Linux kernel 3.5.6 Linux kernel 3.5.5 Linux kernel 3.5.4 Linux kernel 3.5.3 Linux kernel 3.5.2 Linux kernel 3.5.1 Linux kernel 3.4.88 Linux kernel 3.4.87 Linux kernel 3.4.86 Linux kernel 3.4.80 Linux kernel 3.4.76 Linux kernel 3.4.73 Linux kernel 3.4.72 Linux kernel 3.4.71 Linux kernel 3.4.64 Linux kernel 3.4.58 Linux kernel 3.4.42 Linux kernel 3.4.36 Linux kernel 3.4.32 Linux kernel 3.4.31 Linux kernel 3.4.27 Linux kernel 3.4.26 Linux kernel 3.4.25 Linux kernel 3.4.21 Linux kernel 3.4.20 Linux kernel 3.4.19 Linux kernel 3.4.18 Linux kernel 3.4.17 Linux kernel 3.4.16 Linux kernel 3.4.15 Linux kernel 3.4.14 Linux kernel 3.4.13 Linux kernel 3.4.12 Linux kernel 3.4.11 Linux kernel 3.4.10 Linux kernel 3.4.9 Linux kernel 3.4.8 Linux kernel 3.4.7 Linux kernel 3.4.6 Linux kernel 3.4.5 Linux kernel 3.4.4 Linux kernel 3.4.3 Linux kernel 3.4.2 Linux kernel 3.4.1 Linux kernel 3.3.5 Linux kernel 3.3.4 Linux kernel 3.3.2 Linux kernel 3.2.57 Linux kernel 3.2.56 Linux kernel 3.2.51 Linux kernel 3.2.24 Linux kernel 3.2.23 Linux kernel 3.2.13 Linux kernel 3.2.12 Linux kernel 3.2.9 Linux kernel 3.2.1 Linux kernel 3.1.8 Linux kernel 3.0.98 Linux kernel 3.0.75 Linux kernel 3.0.72 Linux kernel 3.0.69 Linux kernel 3.0.65 Linux kernel 3.0.60 Linux kernel 3.0.59 Linux kernel 3.0.58 Linux kernel 3.0.37 Linux kernel 3.0.34 Linux kernel 3.0.5 Linux kernel 3.0.4 Linux kernel 3.0.2 Linux kernel 3.0.1 Linux kernel 3.9.8 Linux kernel 3.9.4 Linux kernel 3.9-rc8 Linux kernel 3.9-rc7 Linux kernel 3.9-rc3 Linux kernel 3.9 Linux kernel 3.8-rc1 Linux kernel 3.8 Linux kernel 3.7.6 Linux kernel 3.7-rc1 Linux kernel 3.7 Linux kernel 3.6 Linux kernel 3.5 Linux kernel 3.4.93 Linux kernel 3.4.81 Linux kernel 3.4.70 Linux kernel 3.4.67 Linux kernel 3.4.29 Linux kernel 3.4 Linux kernel 3.3 Linux kernel 3.2.60 Linux kernel 3.2.55 Linux kernel 3.2.54 Linux kernel 3.2.53 Linux kernel 3.2.52 Linux kernel 3.2.50 Linux kernel 3.2.44 Linux kernel 3.2.42 Linux kernel 3.2.38 Linux kernel 3.2.2 Linux kernel 3.2 Linux kernel 3.17-rc3 Linux kernel 3.17 Linux kernel 3.16.6 Linux kernel 3.16 Linux kernel 3.15.6-200.fc20 Linux kernel 3.15-rc3 Linux kernel 3.15-rc2 Linux kernel 3.15-rc1 Linux kernel 3.15 Linux kernel 3.14.7 Linux kernel 3.14.5 Linux kernel 3.14-rc7 Linux kernel 3.14-rc4 Linux kernel 3.14-4 Linux kernel 3.14-1 Linux kernel 3.14 Linux kernel 3.13.7 Linux kernel 3.13.6 Linux kernel 3.13.5 Linux kernel 3.13.4 Linux kernel 3.13.0 Linux kernel 3.13 Linux kernel 3.12.22 Linux kernel 3.12.15 Linux kernel 3.12.14 Linux kernel 3.12.12 Linux kernel 3.12.1 Linux kernel 3.12 Linux kernel 3.11.9 Linux kernel 3.11.6 Linux kernel 3.11-rc7 Linux kernel 3.11-rc4 Linux kernel 3.11-rc1 Linux kernel 3.11 Linux kernel 3.10.5 Linux kernel 3.10.43 Linux kernel 3.10.31 Linux kernel 3.10.20 Linux kernel 3.10.17 Linux kernel 3.10-rc5 Linux kernel 3.10 Linux kernel 3.1 Linux kernel 3.0.66 Linux kernel 3.0.62 Linux kernel 3.0.18 Linux kernel 3.0-rc4-git1 Linux kernel 3.0-rc1 Linux kernel 3.0 CentOS CentOS 7
Not Vulnerable:

Linux Kernel CVE-2014-8559 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

Linux Kernel CVE-2014-8559 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• deal with deadlock in d_walk() (Linux)
  
• Linux kernel Homepage (kernel.org)
  
• CVE-2014-8559-Linux kernel fs/dcache.c incorrect use of rename_lock (Seclist.org)
  
• Bug 1159313 -Kernel: fs: deadlock due to incorrect usage of rename_lock (Red Hat)
  
• Ref: linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645 Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015 Revision (Oracle)