CVE-2014-4171
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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 37.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-06-23 10:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 11:04Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-06-17
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 86df685d8f431f354c4a8c41a3e2361aee99b4a37cefd0c63e0091a99829ed37
05 Affected products
06 References
- marc.info[mm-commits] 20140617 + shmem-fix-faulting-into-a-hole-while-its-punched.patch added to -mm treehttp://marc.info/?l=linux-mm-commits&m=140303745420549&w=2
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2014:1318http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1318.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1111180
- www.securityfocus.com68157http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68157
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2014:1316http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2335-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2335-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2334-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2334-1
- ozlabs.orghttp://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/shmem-fix-faulting-into-a-hole-while-its-punched.patch
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2014:1319http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html
- secunia.com60564http://secunia.com/advisories/60564
- secunia.com59777http://secunia.com/advisories/59777
- www.securitytracker.com1030450http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030450
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140618 CVE-2014-4171 - Linux kernel mm/shmem.c denial of servicehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/18/11
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:0102http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0102.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 3.14.15-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 3.14.15-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 3.14.15-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 3.13.0-35.62
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- linux-azure No fix yet
- linux-gcp No fix yet
- linux-hwe No fix yet
- linux-hwe-edge No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- linux-azure-fde No fix yet
- linux-gke No fix yet
- linux-gkeop No fix yet
- linux-raspi2 No fix yet
- linux-riscv No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- linux-intel-iot-realtime No fix yet
- linux-realtime No fix yet
- linux-riscv No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- linux-azure-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-gcp-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-hwe-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet
- linux-realtime No fix yet
- linux-riscv No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- linux-azure-fde-5.15 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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