CVE-2014-2672 Race condition in n/a

What is CVE-2014-2672?

CVE-2014-2672 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 Apr 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Race condition in the ath_tx_aggr_sleep function in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a large amount of network traffic that triggers certain list deletions.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-2672?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2014-2672?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-2672 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-2672 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2672, GHSA-qf86-4qgw-7g49.