FKIE_CVE-2016-5828

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-06-27 10:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:50
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3616Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/25/7Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91415Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-2Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/636776/Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3616Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/25/7Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91415Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-2Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/636776/Patch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
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
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