CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-8845
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-04-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-284
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.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (<= 4.4)
• suse suse linux enterprise live patching 12.0
• suse suse linux enterprise module for public cloud 12.0
• suse suse linux enterprise real time extension 12
• suse suse linux enterprise software development kit 12.0
• suse suse linux enterprise workstation extension 12.0
• novell suse linux enterprise desktop 12.0
• novell suse linux enterprise server 12.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7f821fc9c77a9b01fe7b1d6e72717b33d8d64142 Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.1 www.kernel.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/13/1 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035594 www.securitytracker.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1326540 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7f821fc9c77a9b01fe7b1d6e72717b33d8d64142 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7f821fc9c77a9b01fe7b1d6e72717b33d8d64142 Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.1 www.kernel.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/13/1 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035594 www.securitytracker.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1326540 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7f821fc9c77a9b01fe7b1d6e72717b33d8d64142 Patch, Vendor Advisory