Code injection

mm/shmem.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.1 does not properly implement the interaction between range notification and hole punching, which allows local users to cause a denial of service imutex hold by using the mmap system call to access a hole, as demonstrated by interfering with intended...

CVE-2014-4171

CVE-2014-4171 affects mm/shmem.c in the Linux kernel up to 3.15.1. The issue is that the interaction between range notification and hole punching is not properly implemented, allowing a local user to cause a denial of service (i_mutex hold) by using mmap to access a hole. Demonstrations in the so...