CVE-2014-9729

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

Description The issue is related to the udf read inode function in the Linux kernel, which does not ensure certain data-structure size consistency. This allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a system crash, by using a crafted UDF filesystem image.

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