CVE-2014-3940
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Publication date:
05/06/2014
Last modified:
12/04/2025
Description
The Linux kernel through 3.14.5 does not properly consider the presence of hugetlb entries, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption or system crash) by accessing certain memory locations, as demonstrated by triggering a race condition via numa_maps read operations during hugepage migration, related to fs/proc/task_mmu.c and mm/mempolicy.c.
Impact
Base Score 2.0
4.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
CPE | From | Up to |
---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_mrg:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.14.5 (including) | |
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.14:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.14:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.14:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.14:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.14:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.14:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.14:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.14:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.14.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.14.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1272.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59011
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61310
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/02/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67786
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104097
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/3/18/784
- https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/600/sol15685.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1272.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59011
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61310
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/02/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67786
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104097
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/3/18/784
- https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/600/sol15685.html