Bug 771387

Summary:	CVE-2011-4622 kernel: kvm: pit timer with no irqchip crashes the system [fedora-all]
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Josh Boyer <jwboyer>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Kernel Maintainer List <kernel-maint>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	16	CC:	davej, gansalmon, itamar, jonathan, jwboyer, kernel-maint, madhu.chinakonda, pmatouse
Target Milestone:	---	Keywords:	Security, SecurityTracking
Target Release:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version:	kernel-3.1.7-1.fc16	Doc Type:	Release Note
Doc Text:		Story Points:	---
Clone Of:	770102	Environment:
Last Closed:	2012-01-07 23:05:07 UTC	Type:	---
Regression:	---	Mount Type:	---
Documentation:	---	CRM:
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team:	---	Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:
Bug Depends On:	770102
Bug Blocks:	769721

Description Josh Boyer 2012-01-03 15:23:11 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #770102 +++


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--- Additional comment from jwboyer on 2012-01-03 10:07:37 EST ---

This is fixed in linux-next.  I'll backport the patch across all 3 branches.

Comment 1 Josh Boyer 2012-01-03 15:32:43 UTC

Fixed in Fedora git.  Will be in the next F16 kernel update.

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2012-01-03 22:53:18 UTC

kernel-3.1.7-1.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kernel-3.1.7-1.fc16

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2012-01-05 21:05:56 UTC

Package kernel-3.1.7-1.fc16:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 16 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing kernel-3.1.7-1.fc16'
as soon as you are able to, then reboot.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-0145/kernel-3.1.7-1.fc16
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2012-01-07 23:05:07 UTC

kernel-3.1.7-1.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.