CVE-2014-8171
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.
02 Description
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.
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
- 0.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 32.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- 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
- 2018-02-09 22:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 13:10Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-10-10
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2b0d0eb6e4c8f4ccf00c13fd0a4b3f3eddcdf4fc8112c1346cd812125f5f2b38
05 Affected products
06 References
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:0068http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0068.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:0864http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:2152http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2152.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198109
- www.securityfocus.com74293http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74293
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:2411http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2411.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 3.12.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 3.12.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 3.12.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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