Tracker / CVE-2016-5828
CVE-2016-5828
High 7.8
The start_thread function in arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 on powerpc platforms mishandles transactional state, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (invalid process state or TM Bad Thing exception, and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by starting and suspending a transaction before an exec system call.
Affected products and versions
| canonical | ubuntu_linux |
|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux |
| linux | linux_kernel · 3.11 → 3.14.74 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 3.15 → 3.16.37 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 3.17 → 3.18.37 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 3.19 → 4.1.28 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 3.9 → 3.10.103 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 4.2 → 4.4.16 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 4.6 → 4.6.5 |
| novell | suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension |
Analysis
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