Resource Management Errors Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,4.0.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3004755
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed31 Aug 2015
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 31 Aug 2015

CVE-2015-6526  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 4.0.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Management Errors. 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.

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CVSS Base Scores

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