CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-5412

Published: Aug 06, 2016 | Modified: Feb 12, 2023
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Linux_kernel Linux * 4.7 (including)

References