CVE-2018-1091CWE-391

In the flush_tmregs_to_thread function in arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.5, a guest kernel crash can be triggered from…

published March 27, 2018

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
33.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the flush_tmregs_to_thread function in arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.5, a guest kernel crash can be triggered from unprivileged userspace during a core dump on a POWER host due to a missing processor feature check and an erroneous use of transactional memory (TM) instructions in the core dump path, leading to a denial of service.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00403 · 33.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-391 · Unchecked Error Condition
Published
2018-03-27T21:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 MAR 21:00Z
    In the flush_tmregs_to_thread function in arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.5, a guest kernel crash can be triggered from…
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