CVE-2014-8171

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-8171
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-02-09 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 00:44:00 UTC
DescriptionThe memory resource controller (aka memcg) in the Linux kernel allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by spawning new processes within a memory-constrained cgroup.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Enterprise Mrg 2.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Mrg 2.0 All All All
Application Redhat Enterprise Mrg 2.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Linux Kernel CVE-2014-8171 Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
1198109 – (CVE-2014-8171) CVE-2014-8171 kernel: memcg: OOM handling DoS CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2014-8171 MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
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