Description
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.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2018-11741 | 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. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T03:51:48.251Z
Reserved: 2017-12-04T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2018-1091
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Status : Modified
Published: 2018-03-27T21:29:00.720
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:59:09.780
Link: CVE-2018-1091
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