CVE-2016-5412
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5412
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5412.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-5412
- Downstream
- Withdrawn
- 2026-01-27T04:15:31.971143Z
- Published
- 2016-08-06T20:59:04Z
- Modified
- 2026-01-27T04:15:31.971143Z
- Severity
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- 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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arch/powerpc/kvm/book3shvrmhandlers.S in the Linux kernel through 4.7 on PowerPC platforms, when CONFIGKVMBOOK3S64HV 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.
- References
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- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1349916
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/2
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/93d17397e4e2182fdaad503e2f9da46202c0f1c3
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f024ee098476a3e620232e4a78cfac505f121245
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=93d17397e4e2182fdaad503e2f9da46202c0f1c3
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f024ee098476a3e620232e4a78cfac505f121245