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CVE-2019-13648
In the Linux kernel through 5.2.1 on the powerpc platform, when hardware transactional memory is disabled, a local user can cause a denial…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.58%
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- mitre
Description
In the Linux kernel through 5.2.1 on the powerpc platform, when hardware transactional memory is disabled, a local user can cause a denial of service (TM Bad Thing exception and system crash) via a sigreturn() system call that sends a crafted signal frame. This affects arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c and arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.58% · top 52% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (17)
- https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/1133904/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20190730 CVE-2019-13648: Linux kernel: powerpc: kernel crash in TM handling triggerable by any local user (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/f16d80b75a096c52354c6e0a574993f3b0dfbdfe (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-7aecfe1c4b (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190806-0001/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-4495 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20190812 [SECURITY] [DSA 4495-1] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20190813 [SECURITY] [DSA 4497-1] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-4497 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20190814 [slackware-security] Slackware 14.2 kernel (SSA:2019-226-01) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190814 [SECURITY] [DLA 1885-1] linux-4.9 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154059/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1924 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1923 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-4114-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-4115-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-4116-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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