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CVE-2016-5412

CVSS v3.0 6.5 (Medium)
65% Progress
CVSS v2.0 4.6 (Medium)
46% Progress
EPSS 0.06 % (28th)
0.06% Progress
Affected Products 1
Advisories 8
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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.

Weaknesses
CWE-399
Resource Management Errors
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Published Date
2016-08-06 20:59:04
(8 years ago)
Updated Date
2023-02-12 23:24:14
(19 months ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel 4.7 and prior versions cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel <= 4.7