CVE-2014-3122

NameCVE-2014-3122
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-0015-1, DSA-2926-1
Debian Bugs747326

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)bullseye5.10.223-1fixed
bullseye (security)5.10.226-1fixed
bookworm6.1.106-3fixed
bookworm (security)6.1.112-1fixed
trixie6.10.11-1fixed
sid6.11.2-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcewheezy3.2.57-3+deb7u1DSA-2926-1
linuxsource(unstable)3.14.4-1747326
linux-2.6sourcesqueeze2.6.32-48squeeze8
linux-2.6source(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

Introduced by https://git.kernel.org/linus/b291f000393f5a0b679012b39d79fbc85c018233
Fixed by https://git.kernel.org/linus/57e68e9cd65b4b8eb4045a1e0d0746458502554c (v3.15-rc1)

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