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CVE-2016-5412
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,…
Medium6.5EPSS 0.34%
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- redhat
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.34% · top 72% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (7)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1349916 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f024ee098476a3e620232e4a78cfac505f121245 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160728 CVE-2016-5412 Kernel: powerpc: kvm: Infinite loop via H_CEDE hypercall when running under hypervisor-mode (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=93d17397e4e2182fdaad503e2f9da46202c0f1c3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2574 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/93d17397e4e2182fdaad503e2f9da46202c0f1c3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f024ee098476a3e620232e4a78cfac505f121245 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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