CVE Catalog

CVE-2014-8173

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The pmd_none_or_trans_huge_or_clear_bad function in the Linux kernel before version 3.13 on NUMA systems improperly determines whether a Page Middle Directory (PMD) entry is a transparent huge-table entry, potentially leading to system crashes.

Risk Assessment

Local users can cause a denial of service through a NULL pointer dereference, resulting in system crashes. There may also be unspecified other impacts.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to version 3.13 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

The pmd_none_or_trans_huge_or_clear_bad function in include/asm-generic/pgtable.h in the Linux kernel before 3.13 on NUMA systems does not properly determine whether a Page Middle Directory (PMD) entry is a transparent huge-table entry, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted MADV_WILLNEED madvise system call that leverages the absence of a page-table lock.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS