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 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.
Published: 2014-06-23
Score: 4.7 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-4102 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2334-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2335-1 Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2336-1 Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2337-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Mrg
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T11:04:28.804Z

Reserved: 2014-06-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-4171

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-06-23T11:21:20.403

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-4171

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2014-06-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-4171 - Bugzilla

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