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Description
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.
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CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc.5/13/2024 11:54:23 PM
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Modified Analysis by NIST3/14/2024 3:59:19 PM
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CVSS V3.1
NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS V3
NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CPE Configuration
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*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CPE Configuration
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*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.4:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:*
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*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.6.25 up to (excluding) 3.2.79
*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.3 up to (excluding) 3.12.58
*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.13 up to (excluding) 3.16.35
*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.17 up to (excluding) 4.1.21
*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.2 up to (excluding) 4.4.6
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CPE Configuration
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:0:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CPE Configuration
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*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2143 No Types Assigned
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2143 Third Party Advisory
CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc.2/12/2023 6:17:31 PM
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Description
It was reported that on s390x, the fork of a process with four page table levels will cause memory corruption with a variety of symptoms. All processes are created with three level page table and a limit of 4TB for the address space. If the parent process has four page table levels with a limit of 8PB, the function that duplicates the address space will try to copy memory areas outside of the address space limit for the child process.
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.
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc.2/02/2023 11:17:27 AM
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Description
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.
It was reported that on s390x, the fork of a process with four page table levels will cause memory corruption with a variety of symptoms. All processes are created with three level page table and a limit of 4TB for the address space. If the parent process has four page table levels with a limit of 8PB, the function that duplicates the address space will try to copy memory areas outside of the address space limit for the child process.
Configuration 1
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*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.4:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:*
Configuration 2
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*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3446c13b268af86391d06611327006b059b8bab1 No Types Assigned