vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2016-2143: Important: kernel security and bug fix update ((Multiple Advisories))
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Apr 27, 2016 | Aug 2, 2016 | Jun 21, 2018 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Apr 27, 2016
Added
Aug 2, 2016
Modified
Jun 21, 2018
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.
Solutions
redhat-upgrade-kernelredhat-upgrade-kernel-abi-whitelistsredhat-upgrade-kernel-bootwrapperredhat-upgrade-kernel-debugredhat-upgrade-kernel-debug-debuginforedhat-upgrade-kernel-debug-develredhat-upgrade-kernel-debuginforedhat-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo-common-i686redhat-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64redhat-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo-common-s390xredhat-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64redhat-upgrade-kernel-develredhat-upgrade-kernel-docredhat-upgrade-kernel-firmwareredhat-upgrade-kernel-headersredhat-upgrade-kernel-kdumpredhat-upgrade-kernel-kdump-debuginforedhat-upgrade-kernel-kdump-develredhat-upgrade-kernel-toolsredhat-upgrade-kernel-tools-debuginforedhat-upgrade-kernel-tools-libsredhat-upgrade-kernel-tools-libs-develredhat-upgrade-perfredhat-upgrade-perf-debuginforedhat-upgrade-python-perfredhat-upgrade-python-perf-debuginfo
References
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