Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
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.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.027 (85.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 85.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.027 · newest: 0.027 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/21f8aaee0c62708654988ce092838aa7df4d25d8 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/30/5 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.15 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.7 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- git.kernel.org/
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/66492 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/57468 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)