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CVE-2014-2706 Detail

Description

Race condition in the mac80211 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.13.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via network traffic that improperly interacts with the WLAN_STA_PS_STA state (aka power-save mode), related to sta_info.c and tx.c.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1d147bfa64293b2723c4fec50922168658e613ba
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3052.html Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.7 Mailing List  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/01/8 Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66591 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70551#c18 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1083512 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1d147bfa64293b2723c4fec50922168658e613ba Exploit  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01 Patch  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-2706
NVD Published Date:
04/14/2014
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
MITRE