CVE-2016-5412

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.8

Description The issue allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a host OS infinite loop. This occurs when a H CEDE hypercall is made during the existence of a suspended transaction, affecting PowerPC platforms with CONFIG KVM BOOK3S 64 HV enabled.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.8, update to version 4.8 or later to resolve the issue.