CVE-2014-8559

mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.007 · 54 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.74% (54th) EPSS

CVSS 4.9 · medium

Is it mine?

14 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.9mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.9

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-400USprimary

affected products (14)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
canonical ubuntu linux= 12.04nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu linux= 14.04nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu linux= 14.10nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux kernel≤ 3.17.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell suse linux enterprise desktop= 12.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell suse linux enterprise server= 12.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse evergreen= 11.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:opensuse:evergreen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse= 13.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle linux= 7nvdUScpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux enterprise real time extension= 11nvdUScpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_real_time_extension:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux enterprise software development kit= 12nvdUScpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux enterprise workstation extension= 12nvdUScpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_workstation_extension:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse linux enterprise server= 11nvdUScpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2014-11-10modified 2026-06-17

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references (97)

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