CVE-2015-6526

Published: Aug 31, 2015

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The perf_callchain_user_64 function in arch/powerpc/perf/callchain.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0.2 on ppc64 platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a deep 64-bit userspace backtrace.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9a5cbce421a283e6aea3c4007f141735bf9da8c3

x_refsource_CONFIRM

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

x_refsource_CONFIRM

USN-2760-1

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218454

x_refsource_CONFIRM

USN-2759-1

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

[oss-security] 20150818 CVE request - Linux kernel - perf on ppp64 - unbounded checks in perf_callchain_user_64 denial of service.

mailing-list

x_refsource_MLIST

1033728

vdb-entry

x_refsource_SECTRACK

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9a5cbce421a283e6aea3c4007f141735bf9da8c3

x_refsource_CONFIRM

76401

vdb-entry

x_refsource_BID

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.0.2

x_refsource_CONFIRM

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CVE-2015-6526

Description

Affected Products

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