VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2014-8171

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.38%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-02-09
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

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.

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