** Description changed: - It was found that due to excessive files_lock locking, a soft lockup - could be triggered in the Linux kernel when performing asynchronous I/O - operations. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the - system. + The filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.13 performs + certain operations on lists of files with an inappropriate locking + approach, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (soft + lockup or system crash) via unspecified use of Asynchronous I/O (AIO) + operations. Break-Fix: - eee5cc2702929fd41cce28058dc6d6717f723f87
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