CVE-2015-8845 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2015-8845?

CVE-2015-8845 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Apr 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The tm_reclaim_thread function in arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1 on powerpc platforms does not ensure that TM suspend mode exists before proceeding with a tm_reclaim call, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (TM Bad Thing exception and panic) via a crafted application.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8845?

It affects 8 products.

Products include Linux kernel, Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop, Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server, Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Live Patching, Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud, Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension and 2 more.

How do I fix CVE-2015-8845?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2015-8845 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8845 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8845, GHSA-6x8f-5gpm-pv5f, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8845.