CVE-2015-6526

2015-08-3100:00:00

ubuntu.com

4.9 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.3%

JSON

The perf_callchain_user_64 function in arch/powerpc/perf/callchain.c in the
Linux kernel before 4.0.2 on ppc64 platforms allows local users to cause a
denial of service (infinite loop) via a deep 64-bit userspace backtrace.

Bugs

Notes

Author	Note
jdstrand	android kernels (flo, goldfish, grouper, maguro, mako and manta) are not supported on the Ubuntu Touch 14.10 and earlier preview kernels linux-lts-saucy no longer receives official support linux-lts-quantal no longer receives official support

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu12.04noarchlinux< 3.2.0-91.129UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchlinux< 3.13.0-49.83UNKNOWN
ubuntu12.04noarchlinux-armadaxp< 3.2.0-1656.78UNKNOWN
ubuntu12.04noarchlinux-lts-trusty< 3.13.0-51.84~precise1UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchlinux-lts-utopic< 3.16.0-34.47~14.04.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu12.04noarchlinux-ti-omap4< 3.2.0-1471.92UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	12.04	noarch	linux	< 3.2.0-91.129	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	linux	< 3.13.0-49.83	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	12.04	noarch	linux-armadaxp	< 3.2.0-1656.78	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	12.04	noarch	linux-lts-trusty	< 3.13.0-51.84~precise1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	linux-lts-utopic	< 3.16.0-34.47~14.04.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	12.04	noarch	linux-ti-omap4	< 3.2.0-1471.92	UNKNOWN