CVE-2014-8171
N/A
Published: February 9, 2018 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:16 AM UTC
3 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelEnterprise LinuxEnterprise Mrg
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
All versions
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2152.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2411.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0068.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74293x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198109Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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