CVE-2014-2706

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    CVE-2014-2706

    Published: 14 Apr 2014Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: 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, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html, http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.7, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/01/8, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1d147bfa64293b2723c4fec50922168658e613ba, http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.7, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/01/8, 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, https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70551#c18, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1083512, http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1d147bfa64293b2723c4fec50922168658e613ba

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High