CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.7. It affects Linux. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2014-8086
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.7
EPSS
0.37%
Linux
Original NVD Description
Race condition in the ext4_file_write_iter function in fs/ext4/file.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17 allows local users to cause a denial of service (file unavailability) via a combination of a write action and an F_SETFL fcntl operation for the O_DIRECT flag.