VYPR
Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 10, 2014· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2014-8559

CVE-2014-8559

Description

The d_walk function in fs/dcache.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not properly maintain the semantics of rename_lock, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock and system hang) via a crafted application.

Affected products

13

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

31

News mentions

0

No linked articles in our index yet.