UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6526
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UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6526
Published: 31 Aug 2015Last Modified: 1 Oct 2026
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Summary:
Details: 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.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6526, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2760-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2759-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6526
Affected packages
Package
Name: linux
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux?arch=source&distro=trusty
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -3.13.0-49.83
Affected versions
3.11.0-12.19
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
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User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
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Integrity
None
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Availability
None
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High
