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CVE-2016-5828

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 …

Impact

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 products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
from 3.9 before 3.10.103
from 3.11 before 3.14.74
from 3.15 before 3.16.37
from 3.17 before 3.18.37
from 3.19 before 4.1.28
from 4.2 before 4.4.16
NovellSuse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension
Version 12
DebianDebian Linux
Version 8.0
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 12.04, 14.04, 16.04

Weakness classification

CWE-20

References