| Name | 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. |
| 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) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.16.84-1 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 4.9.320-2 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 4.9.320-3 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 4.19.316-1 | fixed |
| 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 | 6.12.5-1 | fixed |
| sid | 6.12.6-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| linux | source | (unstable) | 3.12.6-1 | | | |
| linux-2.6 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
Notes
[wheezy] - linux <no-dsa> (Too difficult and risky to backport)
[squeeze] - linux-2.6 <no-dsa> (Too difficult and risky to backport)
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3812c8c8f3953921ef18544110dafc3505c1ac62 (v3.12-rc1)
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4942642080ea82d99ab5b653abb9a12b7ba31f4a (v3.12-rc6)