CVE-2017-7262

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions AMD Ryzen processor with AGESA microcode through 2017-01-27

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a system hang, by executing a long series of FMA3 instructions. This can be demonstrated using the Flops test suite.

Recommendations For AMD Ryzen processor with AGESA microcode through 2017-01-27, consider avoiding the execution of long series of FMA3 instructions to prevent system hangs. As a temporary workaround, restrict the use of applications that heavily utilize FMA3 instructions until a fix is available.