Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 9, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2014-8171
CVE-2014-8171
Description
The memory resource controller (aka memcg) in the Linux kernel allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by spawning new processes within a memory-constrained cgroup.
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Affected products
60- osv-coords59 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/hyperv-daemonspkg:apk/chainguard/hyperv-daemons-6.18pkg:apk/chainguard/hyperv-daemons-genericpkg:apk/chainguard/linuxpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-6.12pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-6.12-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-6.12-fips-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-6.12-headerspkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-6.12-modulespkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-6.18pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-6.18-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-6.18-fips-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-6.18-headerspkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-6.18-modulespkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-genericpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-generic-boot-configurationpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-generic-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-generic-fips-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-generic-headerspkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-generic-modulespkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-6.12pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-6.18pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-6.18-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-6.18-fips-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-6.18-headerspkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-6.18-modulespkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-genericpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-generic-boot-configurationpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-generic-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-generic-fips-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-generic-headerspkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-generic-modulespkg:apk/chainguard/linux-boot-configurationpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.12pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.18pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.18-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.18-fips-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.18-headerspkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.18-modulespkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-genericpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-generic-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-generic-fips-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-generic-headerspkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-generic-modulespkg:apk/chainguard/linux-modulespkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-6.12pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-6.18pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-genericpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-generic-bootc-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-melangepkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-rcpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-rc-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-rc-fips-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-rc-headerspkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-rc-modulespkg:apk/chainguard/linux-vmware-6.12pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-vmware-6.18pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-vmware-generic
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Patches
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References
6- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2152.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2411.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0068.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/74293nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
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