Upstream information

CVE-2014-3940 at MITRE

Description

The Linux kernel through 3.14.5 does not properly consider the presence of hugetlb entries, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption or system crash) by accessing certain memory locations, as demonstrated by triggering a race condition via numa_maps read operations during hugepage migration, related to fs/proc/task_mmu.c and mm/mempolicy.c.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently not rated by SUSE as it is not affecting the SUSE Enterprise products.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4
Vector AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete

Note from the SUSE Security Team on the kernel-default package

SUSE will no longer fix all CVEs in the Linux Kernel anymore, but declare some bug classes as won't fix. Please refer to TID 21496 for more details.

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 881101 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Liberty Linux 7
  • kernel >= 3.10.0-229.el7
  • kernel-abi-whitelists >= 3.10.0-229.el7
  • kernel-debug >= 3.10.0-229.el7
  • kernel-debug-devel >= 3.10.0-229.el7
  • kernel-devel >= 3.10.0-229.el7
  • kernel-doc >= 3.10.0-229.el7
  • kernel-headers >= 3.10.0-229.el7
  • kernel-tools >= 3.10.0-229.el7
  • kernel-tools-libs >= 3.10.0-229.el7
  • kernel-tools-libs-devel >= 3.10.0-229.el7
  • perf >= 3.10.0-229.el7
  • python-perf >= 3.10.0-229.el7
 Patchnames:
RHSA-2015:0290
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
  • kernel-default >= 3.12.49-11.1
  • kernel-default-devel >= 3.12.49-11.1
  • kernel-default-extra >= 3.12.49-11.1
  • kernel-devel >= 3.12.49-11.1
  • kernel-docs >= 3.12.49-11.1
  • kernel-macros >= 3.12.49-11.1
  • kernel-obs-build >= 3.12.49-11.2
  • kernel-source >= 3.12.49-11.1
  • kernel-syms >= 3.12.49-11.1
  • kernel-xen >= 3.12.49-11.1
  • kernel-xen-devel >= 3.12.49-11.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 GA kernel-default-3.12.49-11.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 GA kernel-docs-3.12.49-11.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1 GA kernel-default-extra-3.12.49-11.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
  • kernel-default >= 3.12.28-4.6
  • kernel-default-devel >= 3.12.28-4.6
  • kernel-default-extra >= 3.12.28-4.6
  • kernel-devel >= 3.12.28-4.6
  • kernel-docs >= 3.12.28-4.6
  • kernel-macros >= 3.12.28-4.6
  • kernel-obs-build >= 3.12.28-4.3
  • kernel-source >= 3.12.28-4.6
  • kernel-syms >= 3.12.28-4.6
  • kernel-xen >= 3.12.28-4.6
  • kernel-xen-devel >= 3.12.28-4.6
  • kernel-zfcpdump >= 3.12.28-4.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 GA kernel-default-3.12.28-4.6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 GA kernel-docs-3.12.28-4.6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 GA kernel-default-extra-3.12.28-4.6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • kernel-default >= 3.12.49-11.1
  • kernel-default-base >= 3.12.49-11.1
  • kernel-default-devel >= 3.12.49-11.1
  • kernel-default-extra >= 3.12.49-11.1
  • kernel-default-man >= 3.12.49-11.1
  • kernel-devel >= 3.12.49-11.1
  • kernel-docs >= 3.12.49-11.1
  • kernel-macros >= 3.12.49-11.1
  • kernel-obs-build >= 3.12.49-11.2
  • kernel-source >= 3.12.49-11.1
  • kernel-syms >= 3.12.49-11.1
  • kernel-xen >= 3.12.49-11.1
  • kernel-xen-base >= 3.12.49-11.1
  • kernel-xen-devel >= 3.12.49-11.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 GA kernel-default-3.12.49-11.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 GA kernel-docs-3.12.49-11.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1 GA kernel-default-extra-3.12.49-11.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • kernel-default >= 3.12.28-4.6
  • kernel-default-base >= 3.12.28-4.6
  • kernel-default-devel >= 3.12.28-4.6
  • kernel-default-extra >= 3.12.28-4.6
  • kernel-default-man >= 3.12.28-4.6
  • kernel-devel >= 3.12.28-4.6
  • kernel-docs >= 3.12.28-4.6
  • kernel-macros >= 3.12.28-4.6
  • kernel-obs-build >= 3.12.28-4.3
  • kernel-source >= 3.12.28-4.6
  • kernel-syms >= 3.12.28-4.6
  • kernel-xen >= 3.12.28-4.6
  • kernel-xen-base >= 3.12.28-4.6
  • kernel-xen-devel >= 3.12.28-4.6
  • kernel-zfcpdump >= 3.12.28-4.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 GA kernel-default-3.12.28-4.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 GA kernel-docs-3.12.28-4.6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 GA kernel-default-extra-3.12.28-4.6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • kernel-default-extra >= 3.12.49-11.1
  • kernel-docs >= 3.12.49-11.1
  • kernel-obs-build >= 3.12.49-11.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 GA kernel-docs-3.12.49-11.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1 GA kernel-default-extra-3.12.49-11.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  • kernel-default-extra >= 3.12.28-4.6
  • kernel-docs >= 3.12.28-4.6
  • kernel-obs-build >= 3.12.28-4.3
  • kernel-zfcpdump >= 3.12.28-4.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 GA kernel-docs-3.12.28-4.6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 GA kernel-default-extra-3.12.28-4.6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
  • kernel-docs >= 3.12.49-11.1
  • kernel-obs-build >= 3.12.49-11.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 GA kernel-docs-3.12.49-11.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
  • kernel-docs >= 3.12.28-4.6
  • kernel-obs-build >= 3.12.28-4.3
  • kernel-zfcpdump >= 3.12.28-4.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 GA kernel-docs-3.12.28-4.6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1
  • kernel-default-extra >= 3.12.49-11.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1 GA kernel-default-extra-3.12.49-11.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
  • kernel-default-extra >= 3.12.28-4.6
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 GA kernel-default-extra-3.12.28-4.6

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS kernel-source Already fixed

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Sep 1 12:32:57 2010
CVE page last modified: Tue Jul 16 11:19:56 2024