CVE-2015-6526
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 31, 2015
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 20, 2015
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.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9a5cbce421a283e6aea3c4007f141735bf9da8c3
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- USN-2760-1vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218454
- USN-2759-1vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20150818 CVE request - Linux kernel - perf on ppp64 - unbounded checks in perf_callchain_user_64 denial of service.mailing-list
- 1033728vdb-entry
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9a5cbce421a283e6aea3c4007f141735bf9da8c3
- 76401vdb-entry
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.0.2
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