CVE Catalog

CVE-2014-2672

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A race condition in the ath_tx_aggr_sleep function in the Linux kernel before version 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.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to remotely crash the system, leading to service availability interruptions.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to version 3.13.7 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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 data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS