SB2014051203 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Linux kernel

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SB2014051203 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Linux kernel

Published: May 12, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2014051203
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3122)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The try_to_unmap_cluster function in mm/rmap.c in the Linux kernel before 3.14.3 does not properly consider which pages must be locked, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by triggering a memory-usage pattern that requires removal of page-table mappings.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References