UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2143
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Summary:
Details: 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.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2143, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2143
Affected packages
Package
Name: linux-lts-xenial
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -4.4.0-13.29~14.04.1
Affected versions
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
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Privileges Required
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User Interaction
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Scope
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Integrity
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Availability
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