Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2014-2706

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

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.

Affected software

How to mitigate CVE-2014-2706

External References

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1d147bfa64293b2723c4fec50922168658e613ba
• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3052.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60613
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.7
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/01/8
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66591
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201
• https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70551#c18
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1083512
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1d147bfa64293b2723c4fec50922168658e613ba
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01

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