Name | CVE-2015-8845 |
Description | The tm_reclaim_thread function in arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1 on powerpc platforms does not ensure that TM suspend mode exists before proceeding with a tm_reclaim call, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (TM Bad Thing exception and panic) via a crafted application. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
---|---|---|---|
linux (PTS) | buster | 4.19.249-2 | fixed |
buster (security) | 4.19.269-1 | fixed | |
bullseye | 5.10.158-2 | fixed | |
bullseye (security) | 5.10.162-1 | fixed | |
bookworm | 6.1.15-1 | fixed | |
sid | 6.1.20-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
linux | source | wheezy | (not affected) | |||
linux | source | jessie | 3.16.7-ckt25-1 | |||
linux | source | (unstable) | 4.4.2-1 |
[wheezy] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1326540
Upstream commit: https://git.kernel.org/linus/7f821fc9c77a9b01fe7b1d6e72717b33d8d64142 (v4.4-rc3)
Introduced by: https://git.kernel.org/linus/fb09692e71f13af7298eb603a1975850b1c7a8d8 (v3.9-rc1)