CVE-2016-5828

Summary

CVECVE-2016-5828
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-06-27 10:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-01-17 21:16:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12 sp1 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12 sp1 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: Linux: powerpc/tm: Always reclaim in start_thread() for exec() class syscalls - Linux kernel MLIST www.openwall.com Release Notes
USN-3070-2: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1937-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
USN-3070-4: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
USN-3071-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
USN-3071-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Linux Kernel 'kernel/process.c' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3616-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[v2,2/2] powerpc: tm: Always reclaim in start_thread() for exec() class syscalls - Patchwork MISC patchwork.ozlabs.org Patch
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:2105-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
USN-3070-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:2184-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
USN-3070-3: Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
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