CVE-2014-6410

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.7 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-09-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The __udf_read_inode function in fs/udf/inode.c in the Linux kernel through 3.16.3 does not restrict the amount of ICB indirection, which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop or stack consumption) via a UDF filesystem with a crafted inode.

Affected products

Linux kernel: through 3.16.3; 3.16.0, 3.16.1, 3.16.2

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c03aa9f6e1f938618e6db2e23afef0574efeeb65
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142722450701342&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142722544401658&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1318.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/15/9
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69799
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2374-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2375-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2376-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2377-1

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