What is CVE-2014-8173?

CVE-2014-8173 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.2 out of 10. CVE-2014-8173 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-8173?

CVE-2014-8173 has a CVSS score of 7.2 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2014-8173?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2014-8173. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2014-8173 actively exploited?

CVE-2014-8173 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2014-8173

High

The pmd_none_or_trans_huge_or_clear_bad function in include/asm-generic/pgtable.h in the Linux kernel before 3.13 on NUMA systems does not properly determine whether a Page Middle Directory (PMD) entry is a transparent huge-table entry, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted MADV_WILLNEED madvise system call that leverages the absence of a page-table lock.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2015-03-16

Last modified 2026-05-06

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

7.2

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Availability

Vector string

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

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2014-8173 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00009.html

Third Party Advisory
Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0694.html

Third Party Advisory
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198457

Issue Tracking
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ee53664bda169f519ce3c6a22d378f0b946c8178
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ee53664bda169f519ce3c6a22d378f0b946c8178
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2014-8173

Severity High

CVSS score 7.2 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2015-03-16

Modified 2026-05-06

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-8173?

CVE-2014-8173 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.2 out of 10 . CVE-2014-8173 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-8173?

CVE-2014-8173 has a CVSS score of 7.2 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2014-8173?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2014-8173. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2014-8173 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2014-8173 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.