Oval Definition:	oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20148086000
Revision Date: 2014-10-13 Version: 1 Title: CVE-2014-8086 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium. 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. Dmitry Monakhov discovered a race condition in the ext4_file_write_iter function of the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (file unavailability). Family: unix Class: vulnerability Status: Reference(s): CVE-2014-8086 Platform(s): Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Product(s): Definition Synopsis Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) is installed. AND Package Information NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux' package in trusty is not affected. OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it. OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it. OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it. OR The 'linux-lts-utopic' package in trusty was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '3.16.0-26.35~14.04.1'). OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-lts-vivid' package in trusty is not affected (note: '3.19.0-18.18~14.04.1'). OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it. OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it. OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it.
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