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USN-2760-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

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USN-2760-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
08/31/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/05/2015
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-1471-omap4

References

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