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CVE-2015-8844

Published: 27/04/2016 Updated: 05/01/2018
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.7 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.4
CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 418
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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Vulnerability Summary

The signal implementation in the Linux kernel prior to 4.3.5 on powerpc platforms does not check for an MSR with both the S and T bits set, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (TM Bad Thing exception and panic) via a crafted application.

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Red Hat: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Synopsis Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Scoring S ...
Red Hat: CVE-2015-8844
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel which could cause a kernel panic when restoring machine specific registers on the PowerPC platform Incorrect transactional memory state registers could inadvertently change the call path on return from userspace and cause the kernel to enter an unknown state and crash ...

References

CWE-20http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/13/1http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d2b9d2a5ad5ef04ff978c9923d19730cb05efd55http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.3.5https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1326540https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d2b9d2a5ad5ef04ff978c9923d19730cb05efd55http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035594http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.htmlhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.htmlhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2574https://nvd.nist.govhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-8844
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