CVE-2014-8171

Severity

49%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

115%

The 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.

The 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.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.5. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.9. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C).

Overview

First reported 7 years ago

2018-02-09 22:29:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-04-22 17:48:00

Affected Software

Linux Kernel

RedHat Enterprise MRG 2.0

2.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0

6.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.0 (7)

7.0

References

RHSA-2015:0864

Third Party Advisory

RHSA-2015:2152

Third Party Advisory

RHSA-2015:2411

Third Party Advisory

RHSA-2016:0068

Third Party Advisory

74293

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198109

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

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