CVE-2014-3122

CVE Details

Release Date:	2013-03-19
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

It was found that the try_to_unmap_cluster() function in the Linux kernel's Memory Managment subsystem did not properly handle page locking in certain cases, which could potentially trigger the BUG_ON() macro in the mlock_vma_page() function. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.9
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2014-3082	2014-10-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2014-3083	2014-10-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.36.9.el5uek)	ELSA-2014-3083	2014-10-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-400.36.9.el5uek)	ELSA-2014-3083	2014-10-17
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2014-1392	2014-10-20
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2014-3082	2014-10-17
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2014-3083	2014-10-17
Oracle Linux version 6 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.36.9.el6uek)	ELSA-2014-3083	2014-10-17
Oracle Linux version 6 (ofa-2.6.32-400.36.9.el6uek)	ELSA-2014-3083	2014-10-17