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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 08:46:26 +0530 (IST)
From: P J P <ppandit@...hat.com>
To: oss security list <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>
Subject: CVE-2015-8104 kernel: kvm: guest to host DoS by triggering an infinite
loop in microcode via #DB exception
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Hello,
A guest to host DoS issue was found affecting various hypervisors. In that, a
a guest can DoS the host by triggering an infinite stream of "debug check"
(#DB) exceptions. This causes the microcode to enter an infinite loop where
the core never receives another interrupt. The host kernel panics due to this
effect.
Reference:
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-> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1278496
Thank you.
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Prasad J Pandit / Red Hat Product Security Team
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