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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Published : 2018-03-27 21:29
Updated : 2024-11-21 03:59
NVD link : CVE-2018-1091
Mitre link : CVE-2018-1091
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-1091
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel