Linux kernel built for the s390 architecture(CONFIG_S390) is vulnerable to a crash due to low-address protection exception. It occurs when an application uses a linkage stack instruction. An unprivileged user/application could use this flaw to crash the system resulting in DoS. Upstream fix: ------------- -> https://git.kernel.org/linus/8d7f6690cedb83456edd41c9bd583783f0703bf0
Statement: This issue does not affect the versions of the kernel package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue: Affects: fedora-all [bug 1068758]
kernel-3.13.5-200.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
kernel-3.13.5-101.fc19 has been pushed to the Fedora 19 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
This issue has been addressed in following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Via RHSA-2014:0771 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0771.html