CVE-2014-8173 : Detail

CVE-2014-8173

0.04%V3
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2015-03-16
09h00 +00:00
2016-12-30
15h57 +00:00
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CVE Descriptions

The pmd_none_or_trans_huge_or_clear_bad function in include/asm-generic/pgtable.h in the Linux kernel before 3.13 on NUMA systems does not properly determine whether a Page Middle Directory (PMD) entry is a transparent huge-table entry, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted MADV_WILLNEED madvise system call that leverages the absence of a page-table lock.

CVE Informations

Metrics

Metrics Score Severity CVSS Vector Source
V2 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C [email protected]

EPSS

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EPSS Score

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EPSS Percentile

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Products Mentioned

Configuraton 0

Linux>>Linux_kernel >> Version From (including) 3.9 To (excluding) 3.10.76

Linux>>Linux_kernel >> Version From (including) 3.11 To (excluding) 3.12.43

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0694.html
Tags : vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html
Tags : vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT