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Bug 1400495 - (CVE-2016-3044) CVE-2016-3044 kernel: Infinite loop vulnerability in KVM
CVE-2016-3044 kernel: Infinite loop vulnerability in KVM
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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All Linux
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Assigned To: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1313725 1316636 1400496
Blocks: 1400498
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Reported: 2016-12-01 06:37 EST by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2017-02-10 08:06 EST (History)
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Description Adam Mariš 2016-12-01 06:37:24 EST
A DoS vulnerability in KVM on Power was found where a guest can cause a host CPU to hang, spinning in an infinite loop with interrupts disabled.

Upstream patch
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  -> https://git.kernel.org/linus/ccec44563b18a0ce90e2d4f332784b3cb25c8e9c

External References:
  -> https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023969
  -> http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92123/info
Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2016-12-01 06:38:16 EST
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1400496]
Comment 2 Prasad J Pandit 2017-02-01 07:00:26 EST
Statement:

This issue does not affect the versions of the kernel package as shipped with
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, 7 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.

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