The fork implementation in the Linux kernel before 4.5 on s390 platforms mishandles the case of four page-table levels, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application, related to arch/s390/include/asm/mmu_context.h and arch/s390/include/asm/pgalloc.h.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-firmwareUpgrade kernel-docUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-debugUpgrade kernel-abi-whitelistsUpgrade python-perfUpgrade kernel-tools-libs-develUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernel-debug-devel | Aug 6, 2016 | Apr 27, 2016 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jun 28, 2016 | Apr 27, 2016 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade kernel | Aug 2, 2016 | Jun 1, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade kernel-debug-develUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade kernel-debugUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64Upgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-kdump-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-firmwareUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-kdump-develUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-debug-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-s390xUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernel-abi-whitelistsUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-docUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-i686Upgrade python-perfUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-tools-libs-develUpgrade python-perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-kdumpUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-bootwrapper | Aug 2, 2016 | Apr 27, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade kernel-obs-buildUpgrade ocfs2-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-ec2Upgrade gfs2-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-docsUpgrade kernel-defaultUpgrade kernel-ec2-extraUpgrade cluster-network-kmp-defaultUpgrade cluster-md-kmp-defaultUpgrade dlm-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-ec2-devel | Apr 12, 2016 | Apr 12, 2016 |
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