CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-5828

7.8 HIGH Published 2016-06-27 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-06-27
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

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 configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 3.9 < 3.10.103) • 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 (>= 4.2 < 4.4.16) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.6 < 4.6.5) • novell suse linux enterprise real time extension 12 • debian debian linux 8.0 • canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 16.04

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References