What is CVE-2014-3122?

CVE-2014-3122 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, classified as a Uncontrolled Resource Consumption flaw (CWE-400). CVE-2014-3122 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-3122?

CVE-2014-3122 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2014-3122?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2014-3122 patch availability.

Is CVE-2014-3122 actively exploited?

CVE-2014-3122 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)?

The product does not properly control the amount of resources it consumes, leading to exhaustion. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html

CVE-2014-3122

Medium

The try_to_unmap_cluster function in mm/rmap.c in the Linux kernel before 3.14.3 does not properly consider which pages must be locked, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by triggering a memory-usage pattern that requires removal of page-table mappings.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2014-05-11

Last modified 2026-05-06

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

4.9

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness type

CWE-400

CVE-2014-3122 is a Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability

What is Uncontrolled Resource Consumption?

The product does not properly control the amount of resources it consumes, leading to exhaustion. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

10 total

Kernel.org
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.14.3

Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/01/7

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1093076

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
GitHub
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/57e68e9cd65b4b8eb4045a1e0d0746458502554c

Patch Third Party Advisory
Kernel Git
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=57e68e9cd65b4b8eb4045a1e0d0746458502554c

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2014-3122

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.9 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2014-05-11

Modified 2026-05-06

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-3122?

CVE-2014-3122 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10 , classified as an Uncontrolled Resource Consumption flaw (CWE-400) . CVE-2014-3122 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-3122?

CVE-2014-3122 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2014-3122?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2014-3122 patch availability.
Is CVE-2014-3122 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2014-3122 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.