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.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-8012 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:10:51.010Z

Reserved: 2014-10-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-8171

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-02-09T22:29:00.457

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:18:42.360

Link: CVE-2014-8171

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-8171 - Bugzilla

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