Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2015-6526

The perf_callchain_user_64 function in arch/powerpc/perf/callchain.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0.2 on ppc64 platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a deep 64-bit userspace backtrace.

EPSS: 0.004 (31.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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