CVE-2014-9728

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.18.2

Description The issue is related to the UDF filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel, which does not validate certain lengths. This allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a buffer over-read and system crash, via a crafted filesystem image. The problem is associated with the files fs/udf/inode.c and fs/udf/symlink.c.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 3.18.2, update to version 3.18.2 or later to resolve the issue.