High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 27, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-2143
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.
Affected products
6cpe: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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:0:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
13- 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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