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CVE-2014-2673

CVSS v2.0 4.7 (Medium)
47% Progress
EPSS 0.04 % (5th)
0.04% Progress
Affected Products 1
Advisories 4
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The arch_dup_task_struct function in the Transactional Memory (TM) implementation in arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.7 on the powerpc platform does not properly interact with the clone and fork system calls, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (Program Check and system crash) via certain instructions that are executed with the processor in the Transactional state.

Weaknesses
CWE-20
Improper Input Validation
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
MITRE
Published Date
2014-04-01 06:35:53
(10 years ago)
Updated Date
2023-11-07 02:19:36
(10 months ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel prior 3.13.7 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel < 3.13.7