Resource Exhaustion Affecting python-perf package, versions <0:2.6.32-504.el6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-PYTHONPERF-2486206
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed11 May 2014

Introduced: 11 May 2014

CVE-2014-3122  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 python-perf to version 0:2.6.32-504.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2014-1392.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-perf package and not the python-perf package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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