DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2143

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CVE-2016-2143
Published: 27 Apr 2016, 17:59
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:15

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
3.1 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

27 Apr 2016, 17:59
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:15
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • debian•linux

    < 4.4.6-1 | < 4.4.6-1 | < 4.4.6-1 | < 4.4.6-1

References (1)