The makecontext function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.25 creates execution contexts incompatible with the unwinder on ARM EABI (32-bit) platforms, which might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (hang), as demonstrated by applications compiled using gccgo, related to backtrace generation.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-7250 The makecontext function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.25 creates execution contexts incompatible with the unwinder on ARM EABI (32-bit) platforms, which might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (hang), as demonstrated by applications compiled using gccgo, related to backtrace generation.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3239-1 GNU C Library vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:29:18.318Z

Reserved: 2016-07-26T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-6323

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-10-07T14:59:06.007

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

Link: CVE-2016-6323

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-08-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-6323 - Bugzilla

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