| Name | CVE-2014-8173 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| linux (PTS) | bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.226-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.1.115-1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.119-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 6.11.9-1 | fixed |
| sid | 6.11.10-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| linux | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| linux | source | (unstable) | 3.13.4-1 | | | |
| linux-2.6 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
[wheezy] - linux <not-affected> (Introduced in 3.10 with 1998cc048901)
- linux-2.6 <not-affected> (Introduced in 3.10 with 1998cc048901)
Upstream commit: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ee53664bda169f519ce3c6a22d378f0b946c8178 (v3.13-rc5)