CVE-2015-8845
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2015-8845 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2016-04-27 17:59:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2018-01-05 02:30:00 UTC |
| Description | The tm_reclaim_thread function in arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1 on powerpc platforms does not ensure that TM suspend mode exists before proceeding with a tm_reclaim call, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (TM Bad Thing exception and panic) via a crafted application. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-284
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| [security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1937-1: important: Security update for | SUSE | lists.opensuse.org | Third Party Advisory |
| powerpc/tm: Check for already reclaimed tasks · torvalds/linux@7f821fc · GitHub | CONFIRM | github.com | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.1 | CONFIRM | www.kernel.org | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | REDHAT | rhn.redhat.com | |
| Linux Kernel powerpc Bugs Lets Local Users Cause Denial of Service Conditions on the Target System - SecurityTracker | SECTRACK | www.securitytracker.com | |
| kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree | CONFIRM | git.kernel.org | Vendor Advisory |
| oss-security - CVE Request: Linux kernel: incorrect restoration of machine specific registers from signal handler. | MLIST | www.openwall.com | |
| 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 | Issue Tracking |
| [security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1690-1: important: Security update for | SUSE | lists.opensuse.org | Third Party Advisory |
| [security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:2105-1: important: Security update for | SUSE | lists.opensuse.org | |
| [security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:2184-1: important: Security update | SUSE | lists.opensuse.org | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | REDHAT | rhn.redhat.com | |
| 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)