NVD

Id
20963  
Name
CVE-2016-5828  
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.  
Reject
 
CVSS Version
2  
CVSS Score
7.2  
Severity
High  
CVSS Base Score
7.2  
CVSS Impact Subscore
10  
CVSS Exploit Subscore
3.9  
CVSS Vector
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)  
Pub Date
2017-01-19  
Published
2016-06-27  
Modified Date
2016-11-28  
Seq
2016-5828  

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