CVE-2014-0203

medium

Published 2014-06-23 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

5.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.5

Description

The __do_follow_link function in fs/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33 does not properly handle the last pathname component during use of certain filesystems, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (incorrect free operations and system crash) via an open system call.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

55%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Linux kernel Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	`2.6.33`

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2.6.33-1`
sid	Fixed	`2.6.33-1`
forky	Fixed	`2.6.33-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`2.6.33-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`2.6.33-1`

References

CWEs

CWE-416

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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