CVE-2014-8171 (GCVE-0-2014-8171)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-02-09 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:10
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0068.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2152.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198109 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74293 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2411.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
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