Bug 1159313 (CVE-2014-8559) - CVE-2014-8559 kernel: fs: deadlock due to incorrect usage of rename_lock
Summary: CVE-2014-8559 kernel: fs: deadlock due to incorrect usage of rename_lock
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2014-8559
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1173812 1173813 1173814 1173831 1266516 1266517
Blocks: 1159275
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-10-31 13:26 UTC by Prasad Pandit
Modified: 2021-02-17 06:02 UTC (History)
26 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 02:35:35 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:1976 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: kernel-rt security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2015-11-03 21:39:30 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:1977 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: kernel-rt security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2015-11-03 21:42:40 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:1978 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2015-11-03 23:47:34 UTC

Description Prasad Pandit 2014-10-31 13:26:14 UTC 
Linux kernel built with Virtual File System(VFS) support is vulnerable to a
deadlock condition. It occurs due to incorrect usage of file system locks.

An unprivileged user/process could use this flaw to render the system unusable, thus resulting in DoS.

Upstream fix:
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  -> https://git.kernel.org/linus/ca5358ef75fc69fee5322a38a340f5739d997c10
  -> https://git.kernel.org/linus/946e51f2bf37f1656916eb75bd0742ba33983c28

Reference:
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  -> http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/30/7
Comment 1 Prasad Pandit 2014-12-13 08:35:59 UTC 
Statement:

This issue does not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

This issue affects the version of the kernel package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2. Future kernel updates for the respective releases may address this issue.
Comment 3 Prasad Pandit 2014-12-13 08:38:28 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1173814]
Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2014-12-21 06:36:27 UTC 
kernel-3.17.7-200.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2014-12-22 02:32:36 UTC 
kernel-3.17.7-300.fc21 has been pushed to the Fedora 21 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2015-11-03 16:39:40 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  MRG for RHEL-6 v.2

Via RHSA-2015:1976 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1976.html
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2015-11-03 16:42:58 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2015:1977 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1977.html
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2015-11-03 18:52:59 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2015:1978 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1978.html
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