Bug 1570592 - kernel: Infinite recursion in arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c:kvm_clock_read() possibly leading to denial of service
Summary: kernel: Infinite recursion in arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c:kvm_clock_read() pos...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
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Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 1570595
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Reported: 2018-04-23 09:56 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:37 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: kernel 3.2
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Last Closed: 2018-04-24 05:18:00 UTC

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Description Adam Mariš 2018-04-23 09:56:16 UTC 
When CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT is enabled, preempt_disable/enable() are traced which causes the function_graph tracer to go into an infinite recursion possibly leading to denial of service.

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/95ef1e52922cf75b1ea2eae54ef886f2cc47eecb
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