CVE-2015-6526 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel, specifically affecting ppc64 platforms running versions prior to 4.0.2. A local attacker can trigger an infinite loop by providing a deep 64-bit userspace backtrace to the perf_callchain_user_64 function. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating a low severity with local access and low attack complexity leading to a complete availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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