Description
The rock_continue function in fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel through 3.18.1 does not restrict the number of Rock Ridge continuation entries, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, and system crash or hang) via a crafted iso9660 image.
Published: 2014-12-26
Score: 4.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-155-1 linux-2.6 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-9241 The rock_continue function in fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel through 3.18.1 does not restrict the number of Rock Ridge continuation entries, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, and system crash or hang) via a crafted iso9660 image.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2490-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2491-1 Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2492-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2493-1 Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2515-1 Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2516-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2517-1 Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2518-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f54e18f1b831c92f6512d2eedb224cd63d607d3d cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147864.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147973.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00035.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00000.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00009.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1081.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1137.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1138.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/62801 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:058 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/25/4 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2490-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2491-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2492-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2493-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2515-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2516-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2517-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2518-1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1175235 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f54e18f1b831c92f6512d2eedb224cd63d607d3d cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9420 cve-icon
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9420 cve-icon
History

No history.

Subscriptions

Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Mrg Rhel Extras Rt
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:47:41.122Z

Reserved: 2014-12-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-9420

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-12-26T00:59:01.680

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-9420

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2014-12-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-9420 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses