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CVE-2014-2673 REJECTED

The arch_dup_task_struct function in the Transactional Memory (TM) implementation in arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.7 on the powerpc platform does not properly interact with the clone and fork system calls, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (Program Check and system crash) via certain instructions that are executed with the processor in the Transactional state.

EPSS 0.04% · 12.0th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.04%
12.0th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-gke0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-aws0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-raspi20
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-xenial0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-aws0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-snapdragon0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-utopic0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-wily0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux3.12.0-5.13, 3.12.0-7.15, 3.13.0-1.16
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-vivid0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-hwe0

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