CVE-2016-5412
arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S in the Linux kernel through 4.7 on PowerPC platforms, when CONFIG_KVM_BOOK3S_64_HV is enabled, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS infinite loop) by making a H_CEDE hypercall during the existence of a suspended transaction.
- Score
- CVSS 3.0 6.5 Medium
- Status
- Modified - secalert@redhat.com
- Published
- 2016-08-06
- Last modified
- 2024-08-06
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399
Affected products
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=93d17397e4e2182fdaad503e2f9da46202c0f1c3
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f024ee098476a3e620232e4a78cfac505f121245
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1349916
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/93d17397e4e2182fdaad503e2f9da46202c0f1c3
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f024ee098476a3e620232e4a78cfac505f121245
