What is CVE-2014-8172?

CVE-2014-8172 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10. CVE-2014-8172 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-8172?

CVE-2014-8172 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2014-8172?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2014-8172. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2014-8172 actively exploited?

CVE-2014-8172 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2014-8172

Medium

The filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.13 performs certain operations on lists of files with an inappropriate locking approach, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (soft lockup or system crash) via unspecified use of Asynchronous I/O (AIO) operations.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2015-03-16

Last modified 2026-05-06

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

4.9

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-17

CVE-2014-8172 is classified as CWE-17

See CWE-17 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2014-8172 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html
Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0694.html
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/09/3
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198503
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eee5cc2702929fd41cce28058dc6d6717f723f87
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/eee5cc2702929fd41cce28058dc6d6717f723f87
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2014-8172

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.9 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2015-03-16

Modified 2026-05-06

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-8172?

CVE-2014-8172 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10 . CVE-2014-8172 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-8172?

CVE-2014-8172 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2014-8172?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2014-8172. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2014-8172 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2014-8172 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.