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CVE-2014-4171 Details

Description

mm/shmem.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.1 does not properly implement the interaction between range notification and hole punching, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (i_mutex hold) by using the mmap system call to access a hole, as demonstrated by interfering with intended shmem activity by blocking completion of (1) an MADV_REMOVE madvise call or (2) an FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE fallocate call.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=linux-mm-commits&m=140303745420549&w=2	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/shmem-fix-faulting-into-a-hole-while-its-punched.patch	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1318.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0102.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1111180	CVE	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59777	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60564	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/18/11	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68157	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030450	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2334-1	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2335-1	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=linux-mm-commits&m=140303745420549&w=2	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/shmem-fix-faulting-into-a-hole-while-its-punched.patch	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1318.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0102.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1111180	[email protected]	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59777	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60564	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/18/11	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68157	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030450	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2334-1	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2335-1	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

see all 28 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux linux kernel	<= 3.15.1
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux	12.04
CPE cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::lts::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 18, 2018	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Jan 7, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 19, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 7, 2014	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 23, 2014	Initial Analysis	[email protected]