Description
The fork implementation in the Linux kernel before 4.5 on s390 platforms mishandles the case of four page-table levels, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application, related to arch/s390/include/asm/mmu_context.h and arch/s390/include/asm/pgalloc.h.
Published: 2016-04-27
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3607-1 linux security update
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Debian Debian Linux
Linux Linux Kernel
Oracle Linux
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:17:50.621Z

Reserved: 2016-01-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-2143

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-04-27T17:59:08.867

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-2143

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-06-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-2143 - Bugzilla

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