CVE-2016-5412

Name	CVE-2016-5412
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	5.10.226-1	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.115-1	fixed
	bookworm (security)	6.1.119-1	fixed
	sid, trixie	6.12.6-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version
linux	source	wheezy	(not affected)
linux	source	jessie	3.16.39-1
linux	source	(unstable)	4.7.2-1

Notes

[wheezy] - linux <not-affected> (Transactional memory not supported)
https://marc.info/?l=kvm&m=146968629127349&w=2
https://git.kernel.org/linus/93d17397e4e2182fdaad503e2f9da46202c0f1c3 (v4.8-rc1)