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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-2143) (Multiple Advisories): kernel security and bug fix update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-2143) (Multiple Advisories): kernel security and bug fix update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
04/27/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/02/2016
Modified
08/11/2023

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel

References

  • ELSA-2016-2766
  • DLA-516-1
  • DSA-3607
  • CVE-2016-2143

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