CVE-2014-8173

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.
Configurations

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OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

22 Dec 2023, 20:17

Type Values Removed Values Added
References (REDHAT) http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0694.html - (REDHAT) http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0694.html - Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ee53664bda169f519ce3c6a22d378f0b946c8178 - (MISC) http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ee53664bda169f519ce3c6a22d378f0b946c8178 - Broken Link
References (REDHAT) http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html - (REDHAT) http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References (SUSE) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00009.html - (SUSE) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00009.html - Third Party Advisory
References (CONFIRM) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198457 - (CONFIRM) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198457 - Issue Tracking
References (CONFIRM) https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ee53664bda169f519ce3c6a22d378f0b946c8178 - (CONFIRM) https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ee53664bda169f519ce3c6a22d378f0b946c8178 - Third Party Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:numa_systems:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2015-03-16 10:59

Updated : 2024-02-28 12:20


NVD link : CVE-2014-8173

Mitre link : CVE-2014-8173

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2014-8173


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel