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Red Hat: CVE-2016-5412: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (RHSA-2016:2574)

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Red Hat: CVE-2016-5412: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (RHSA-2016:2574)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
08/06/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/04/2016
Modified
06/21/2018

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-abi-whitelists
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-bootwrapper
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-debug
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-debug-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-debug-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-doc
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-headers
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-kdump
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-kdump-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-kdump-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-tools
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-tools-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-tools-libs
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-tools-libs-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-perf
  • redhat-upgrade-perf-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-python-perf
  • redhat-upgrade-python-perf-debuginfo

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