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CVE-2014-2672

kernel: ath9k: tid->sched race in ath_tx_aggr_sleep()

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.4

CVSS 2.0

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Published · February 20, 2014

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

It was found that a remote attacker could use a race condition flaw in the ath_tx_aggr_sleep() function to crash the system by creating large network traffic on the system's Atheros 9k wireless network adapter.

Statement

This issued does not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 because we do not provide support for Atheros 9k wireless network adapters.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 5.4
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CWE not specified