Deadlock Affecting kernel-tools-libs-devel package, versions <0:3.10.0-327.el7
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELTOOLSLIBSDEVEL-2055288
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 21 Apr 2015
Introduced: 21 Apr 2015
CVE-2014-8171 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-tools-libs-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-tools-libs-devel package and not the kernel-tools-libs-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.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74293
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198109
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8171
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2152.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2411.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0068.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2152
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