CVE-2016-2143

The fork implementation in the Linux kernel before 4.5 on s390 platforms mishandles the case of four page-table levels, which allows local users to cause a…

published April 27, 2016

CVSS
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EPSS
1%
Percentile
45.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The fork implementation in the Linux kernel before 4.5 on s390 platforms mishandles the case of four page-table levels, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application, related to arch/s390/include/asm/mmu_context.h and arch/s390/include/asm/pgalloc.h.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00557 · 45.4th percentile
Published
2016-04-27T17:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 APR 17:00Z
    The fork implementation in the Linux kernel before 4.5 on s390 platforms mishandles the case of four page-table levels, which allows local users to cause a…
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