FKIE_CVE-2014-2672

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-04-01 06:35 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:07
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=21f8aaee0c62708654988ce092838aa7df4d25d8
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/57468Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.7Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/30/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66492Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70551Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/21f8aaee0c62708654988ce092838aa7df4d25d8Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.15Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=21f8aaee0c62708654988ce092838aa7df4d25d8
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/57468Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.7Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/30/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66492Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70551Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/21f8aaee0c62708654988ce092838aa7df4d25d8Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.15Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
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