CVE-2015-6526 (GCVE-0-2015-6526)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-08-31 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 07:22
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2015-05-06 00:00
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