CVE-2021-47350

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/mm: Fix lockup on kernel exec fault The powerpc kernel is not prepared to handle exec faults from kernel. Especially, the function isexecfault will return 'false' when an exec fault is taken by kernel, because the check i...

CVE-2021-47350 powerpc/mm: Fix lockup on kernel exec fault

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/mm: Fix lockup on kernel exec fault The powerpc kernel is not prepared to handle exec faults from kernel. Especially, the function isexecfault will return 'false' when an exec fault is taken by kernel, because the check i...

CVE-2021-47350

The Linux kernel contains a vulnerability where the powerpc architecture is unprepared to handle exec faults originating from the kernel. Specifically, the is_exec_fault() function returns false because it incorrectly reads current->thread.regs->trap, which contains a user-space trap. This ...