The microcode on AMD 16h 00h through 0Fh processors does not properly handle the interaction between locked instructions and write-combined memory types, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted application, aka the errata 793 issue.
Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
---|---|---|---|
16h_model_processor_firmware | Amd | - (including) | - (including) |
Xen | Ubuntu | devel | * |
Xen | Ubuntu | precise | * |
Xen | Ubuntu | quantal | * |
Xen | Ubuntu | raring | * |
Xen | Ubuntu | saucy | * |
Xen-3.3 | Ubuntu | lucid | * |
Xen-3.3 | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | RedHat | kernel-0:2.6.18-371.6.1.el5 | * |