CVE-2015-6526 (GCVE-0-2015-6526)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2015-08-31 20:00
Modified
2024-08-06 07:22
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
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.
References
cve@mitre.org http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9a5cbce421a283e6aea3c4007f141735bf9da8c3
cve@mitre.org http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.0.2
cve@mitre.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/18/4
cve@mitre.org http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76401
cve@mitre.org http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033728
cve@mitre.org http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2759-1
cve@mitre.org http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2760-1
cve@mitre.org https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218454
cve@mitre.org https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9a5cbce421a283e6aea3c4007f141735bf9da8c3
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9a5cbce421a283e6aea3c4007f141735bf9da8c3
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.0.2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/18/4
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76401
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033728
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2759-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2760-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218454
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9a5cbce421a283e6aea3c4007f141735bf9da8c3
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