4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
The bad_mode function in arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c in the Linux kernel
before 3.9.5 on the ARM64 platform allows local users to cause a denial of
service (system crash) via vectors involving an attempted register access
that triggers an unexpected value in the Exception Syndrome Register (ESR).
Author | Note |
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jdstrand | arm64 only, ignored |