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.
References
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http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ee53664bda169f519ce3c6a22d378f0b946c8178 | Broken Link |
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00009.html | Third Party Advisory |
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0694.html | Third Party Advisory |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198457 | Issue Tracking |
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ee53664bda169f519ce3c6a22d378f0b946c8178 | Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
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History
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Information
Published : 2015-03-16 10:59
Updated : 2023-12-22 20:17
NVD link : CVE-2014-8173
Mitre link : CVE-2014-8173
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2014-8173
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE