** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => In Progress
** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Xenial)
Importance: Medium
Assignee: Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)
Status: In Progress
** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Vivid)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Trusty)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Wily)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Wily)
Status: New => In Progress
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Vivid)
Status: New => In Progress
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Trusty)
Status: New => In Progress
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Wily)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Vivid)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Trusty)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Wily)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Vivid)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Trusty)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)
** Tags added: trusty vivid wily xenial
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1520411
Title:
powerpc/tm: Fix local DoS
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
In Progress
Status in linux source package in Trusty:
In Progress
Status in linux source package in Vivid:
In Progress
Status in linux source package in Wily:
In Progress
Status in linux source package in Xenial:
In Progress
Bug description:
The following two fixes have just made it into mpes powerpc fixes
tree:
7f821fc powerpc/tm: Check for already reclaimed tasks
d2b9d2a powerpc/tm: Block signal return setting invalid MSR state
They fix local DoS (userspace can crash the OS) on powerpc POWER8
cpus for any kernel v3.9+
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