CVE-2014-3122

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 7
Modified
Published: 11 May 2014, 21:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 10:35

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
20/100
CVSS Score
4.9 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.08% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

11 May 2014, 21:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 10:35
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.08%• Percentile: 25%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-400•Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

    The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    14.04

  • debian•debian_linux

    7.0

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 3.14.3

References (10)