The vulnerability of the altivec_unavailable_exception function in the Linux operating system’s kernel allows a hacker to trigger a service failure.

The vulnerability of the altivecunavailableexception function arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c in the Linux operating system is related to errors in data processing on 64-bit operating systems. This occurs when CONFIGALTIVEC is defined, and the processor supports Activec, but its support is not detect...