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CVE-2015-8845

Published: Apr 27, 2016

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

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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.

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

References

SUSE-SU-2016:1690

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7f821fc9c77a9b01fe7b1d6e72717b33d8d64142

x_refsource_CONFIRM

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.1

x_refsource_CONFIRM

openSUSE-SU-2016:2184

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

[oss-security] 20160413 CVE Request: Linux kernel: incorrect restoration of machine specific registers from signal handler.

mailing-list

x_refsource_MLIST

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

vdb-entry

x_refsource_SECTRACK

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1326540

x_refsource_CONFIRM

SUSE-SU-2016:2105

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7f821fc9c77a9b01fe7b1d6e72717b33d8d64142

x_refsource_CONFIRM

SUSE-SU-2016:1937

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

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