{"id":"CVE-2016-5828","details":"The start_thread function in arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 on powerpc platforms mishandles transactional state, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (invalid process state or TM Bad Thing exception, and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by starting and suspending a transaction before an exec system call.","modified":"2026-03-12T22:22:15.688032Z","published":"2016-06-27T10:59:13.160Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2016:1937-1","SUSE-SU-2016:2105-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0471-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3616"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/25/7"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91415"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/636776/"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5828.json","unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"3.9"},{"fixed":"3.10.103"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.11"},{"fixed":"3.14.74"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.15"},{"fixed":"3.16.37"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.17"},{"fixed":"3.18.37"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.19"},{"fixed":"4.1.28"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"4.2"},{"fixed":"4.4.16"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"4.6"},{"fixed":"4.6.5"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"12-sp1"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"8.0"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"12.04"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"14.04"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"16.04"}]}]}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}