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CVE-2014-0203
The __do_follow_link function in fs/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33 does not properly handle the last pathname component during…
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.54%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 54% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The __do_follow_link function in fs/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33 does not properly handle the last pathname component during use of certain filesystems, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (incorrect free operations and system crash) via an open system call.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.54% · top 54% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- 59262 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 68125 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=86acdca1b63e6890540fa19495cfc708beff3d8b (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 59309 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 59406 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://mirror.linux.org.au/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0771.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 59560 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3043.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1094363 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/86acdca1b63e6890540fa19495cfc708beff3d8b (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-0254 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2014-0203)Record last updated .