CVE-2014-8171 REJECTED

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.

EPSS 0.05% · 15.1th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.05%
15.1th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-gke0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-utopic0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-wily0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-aws0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-hwe0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-xenial0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-vivid0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-raspi20
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-snapdragon0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux3.11.0-12.19, 0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-aws0

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