CVE-2014-3940 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel, affecting versions up to 3.14.5, including various Red Hat Enterprise Linux products. It stems from improper handling of hugetlb entries, allowing local users to trigger a race condition during hugepage migration via numa_maps read operations. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.0, indicating a low attack complexity but a high potential for a system crash or memory corruption. There is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_mrg:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 3.14.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.14:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
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