Linux Kernel Local Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2014-7843)
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Linux kernel
Description:
Bugtraq id: 71082
CVE (CAN) ID: CVE-2014-7843
Linux Kernel is the Kernel of the Linux operating system.
When Linux kernel reads n * PAGE_SIZE + 1 from/dev/zero, non-single-byte processing fails. This exception causes kernel crash and a local denial of service vulnerability exists in implementation, local attackers can exploit this vulnerability to cause DoS attacks.
<* Source: Milo & #197; & #161; prchlorophyll & #195;-k
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Vendor patch:
Linux
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The vendor has released a patch to fix this security problem. Please download it from the vendor's homepage:
Https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/11/12/584
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