CVEs-PoC/2016/CVE-2016-5828.md

CVE-2016-5828

Description

The start_thread function in arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 on powerpc platforms mishandles transactional state, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (invalid process state or TM Bad Thing exception, and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by starting and suspending a transaction before an exec system call.

POC

Reference

• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4

Github

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