CVE-2016-5828

Name	CVE-2016-5828
Description	The start_thread function in arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 on powerpc platforms mishandles transactional state, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (invalid process state or TM Bad Thing exception, and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by starting and suspending a transaction before an exec system call.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-3616-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	buster	4.19.249-2	fixed
	buster (security)	4.19.304-1	fixed
	bullseye	5.10.209-2	fixed
	bullseye (security)	5.10.205-2	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.76-1	fixed
	bookworm (security)	6.1.85-1	fixed
	trixie	6.6.15-2	fixed
	sid	6.7.12-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
linux	source	wheezy	(not affected)
linux	source	jessie	3.16.7-ckt25-2+deb8u3	DSA-3616-1
linux	source	(unstable)	4.6.3-1

Notes

[wheezy] - linux <not-affected> (Introduced in v3.10-rc1)
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/636776/
Introduced in https://git.kernel.org/linus/bc2a9408fa65195288b41751016c36fd00a75a85 (v3.10-rc1)