CVE
- Id
- 92648
- CVE No.
- CVE-2016-5828
- Status
- Candidate
- Description
- The start_thread function in arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 on powerpc platforms mishandles transactional state, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (invalid process state or TM Bad Thing exception, and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by starting and suspending a transaction before an exec system call.
- Phase
- Assigned (20160623)
- Votes
- None (candidate not yet proposed)
- Comments