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Deadlock Affecting kernel-devel package, versions <0:3.10.0-327.el7

Severity

 Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELDEVEL-2054581
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 21 Apr 2015
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Introduced: 21 Apr 2015

CVE-2014-8171 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-833 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-devel to version 0:3.10.0-327.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-devel package and not the kernel-devel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Red Hat

5.7 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Adjacent
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High