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CVE-2015-6526

CVSS v2.0 4.9 (Medium)
49% Progress
EPSS 0.04 % (5th)
0.04% Progress
Affected Products 1
Advisories 4
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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.

Weaknesses
CWE-399
Resource Management Errors
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
MITRE
Published Date
2015-08-31 20:59:07
(9 years ago)
Updated Date
2016-12-08 03:12:26
(7 years ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel 4.0.1 and prior versions cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel <= 4.0.1