High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 27, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-2143

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.

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Affected products

103

Debian/linux3 versions
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Linux/Kernel2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=2.6.25,<3.2.79
- (no CPE)range: <4.5
Oracle Corporation/Linux
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:0:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Enterprise Linux Server
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osv-coords96 versions
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< 3.0.101-0.47.79.1+ 95 more
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.47.79.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.47.79.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.47.79.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.47.79.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.58-14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.58-14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.60-52.49.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.57-60.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.7.40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.47.79.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-77.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.60-52.49.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.57-60.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-77.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.60-52.49.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.57-60.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.60-52.49.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.57-60.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.47.79.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-77.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.60-52.49.3
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.57-60.35.3
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.57-60.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.7.40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.47.79.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-77.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-77.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.47.79.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.57-60.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.7.40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.47.79.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-77.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.58-14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101.rt130-54.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101.rt130-54.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.47.79.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-77.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.57-60.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.7.40.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-77.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.60-52.49.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.57-60.35.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.47.79.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-2.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1-2.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3446c13b268af86391d06611327006b059b8bab1nvdPatch
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00019.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1539.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2766.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607nvdThird Party Advisory
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2143nvdThird Party Advisory

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