CVE-2014-2673

MediumCVSS 4.7/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The arch_dup_task_struct function in the Transactional Memory (TM) implementation in arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.7 on the powerpc platform does not properly interact with the clone and fork system calls, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (Program Check and system crash) via certain instructions that are executed with the processor in the Transactional state.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.7/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=621b5060e823301d0cba4cb52a7ee3491922d291
http://secunia.com/advisories/57436Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.7Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/30/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66477Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/92113Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/621b5060e823301d0cba4cb52a7ee3491922d291Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.15Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=621b5060e823301d0cba4cb52a7ee3491922d291
http://secunia.com/advisories/57436Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.7Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/30/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66477Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/92113Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/621b5060e823301d0cba4cb52a7ee3491922d291Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.15Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Apr 1, 2014
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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