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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                Published : 2016-04-27 17:59
Updated : 2024-03-14 19:59
NVD link : CVE-2016-2143
Mitre link : CVE-2016-2143
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-2143
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Products Affected
                redhat
- enterprise_linux
 
debian
- debian_linux
 
oracle
- linux
 
linux
- linux_kernel
 
CWE
                
                    
                        
                        CWE-20
                        
            Improper Input Validation
