CVE-2015-8844
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2015-8844 |
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| State | PUBLIC |
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| Assigner | [email protected] |
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| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
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| Published | 2016-04-27 17:59:00 UTC |
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| Updated | 2018-01-05 02:30:00 UTC |
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| Description | The signal implementation in the Linux kernel before 4.3.5 on powerpc platforms does not check for an MSR with both the S and T bits set, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (TM Bad Thing exception and panic) via a crafted application. |
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NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
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| Operating System |
Linux |
Linux Kernel |
All |
All |
All |
All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
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| kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree |
CONFIRM |
git.kernel.org |
Vendor Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal |
REDHAT |
rhn.redhat.com |
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| Linux Kernel powerpc Bugs Lets Local Users Cause Denial of Service Conditions on the Target System - SecurityTracker |
SECTRACK |
www.securitytracker.com |
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| powerpc/tm: Block signal return setting invalid MSR state · torvalds/linux@d2b9d2a · GitHub |
CONFIRM |
github.com |
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| oss-security - CVE Request: Linux kernel: incorrect restoration of machine specific
registers from signal handler. |
MLIST |
www.openwall.com |
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| 1326540 – (CVE-2015-8844, CVE-2015-8845) CVE-2015-8845 CVE-2015-8844 kernel: incorrect restoration of machine specific registers from userspace |
CONFIRM |
bugzilla.redhat.com |
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| www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.3.5 |
CONFIRM |
www.kernel.org |
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| Red Hat Customer Portal |
REDHAT |
rhn.redhat.com |
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| CVE Program record |
CVE.ORG |
www.cve.org |
canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail |
NVD |
nvd.nist.gov |
canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 671064 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-2599)
