The try_to_unmap_cluster function in mm/rmap.c in the Linux kernel before 3.14.3 does not properly consider which pages must be locked, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by triggering a memory-usage pattern that requires removal of page-table mappings.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.14.3 | Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory |
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/57e68e9cd65b4b8eb4045a1e0d0746458502554c | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1093076 | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/01/7 | Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory |
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2926 | Third Party Advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67162 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://secunia.com/advisories/59599 | Broken Link |
http://secunia.com/advisories/59386 | Broken Link |
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2240-1 | Third Party Advisory |
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=57e68e9cd65b4b8eb4045a1e0d0746458502554c |
Information
Published : 2014-05-11 14:55
Updated : 2023-02-12 16:38
NVD link : CVE-2014-3122
Mitre link : CVE-2014-3122
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CWE
CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Products Affected
debian
- debian_linux
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
linux
- linux_kernel