CVE-2014-4171 (GCVE-0-2014-4171)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-06-23 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 11:04
VLAI
Summary
mm/shmem.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.1 does not properly implement the interaction between range notification and hole punching, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (i_mutex hold) by using the mmap system call to access a hole, as demonstrated by interfering with intended shmem activity by blocking completion of (1) an MADV_REMOVE madvise call or (2) an FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE fallocate call.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2350 records in the last 180 days details
References
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Date Public
2014-06-17 00:00
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