CVE-2015-8844

The signal implementation in the Linux kernel before 4.3.5 on powerpc platforms does not check for an MSR with both the S and T bits set, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (TM Bad Thing exception and panic) via a crafted application.

Date published : 2016-04-27

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d2b9d2a5ad5ef04ff978c9923d19730cb05efd55

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.3.5