CVE-2014-8171

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-399

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2152.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2411.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0068.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74293Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198109Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2152.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2411.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0068.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74293Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198109Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Feb 9, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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