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cve[email protected]CVE-2014-8173
HistoryMar 16, 2015 - 10:59 a.m.

CVE-2014-8173

2015-03-1610:59:03
web.nvd.nist.gov
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cve-2014-8173
linux kernel
numa systems
denial of service
null pointer dereference
system crash
madv_willneed
madvise
page-table lock

7.2 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

5.8 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

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.

Affected configurations

NVD
Node
linuxlinux_kernelRange3.93.10.76
OR
linuxlinux_kernelRange3.113.12.43

7.2 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

5.8 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%