A race condition flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's mac80211 subsystem implementation handled synchronization between TX and STA wake-up code paths. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the system.
Find out more about CVE-2014-2706 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue does not affect the version of the kernel package as shipped with
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
| Base Score | 5.4 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (kernel) | RHSA-2014:1023 | 2014-08-06 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (kernel) | RHSA-2014:0981 | 2014-07-29 |
| Red Hat MRG Grid for RHEL 6 Server v.2 (kernel-rt) | RHSA-2014:0557 | 2014-05-27 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support 6.4 (kernel) | RHSA-2014:1101 | 2014-08-27 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel | Not affected |
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