cve-2014-4171
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2014-06-23 10:00
Modified
2024-08-06 11:04
Severity ?
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=linux-mm-commits&m=140303745420549&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/shmem-fix-faulting-into-a-hole-while-its-punched.patchThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1318.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0102.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/59777Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/60564Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/18/11Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68157Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030450Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2334-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2335-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1111180Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
n/an/a
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