cve/2015/CVE-2015-6526.md

### [CVE-2015-6526](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6526)
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### Description

The perf_callchain_user_64 function in arch/powerpc/perf/callchain.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0.2 on ppc64 platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a deep 64-bit userspace backtrace.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

#### Github
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