On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 01:22:52PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > From: Eric Northup <digitaleric@xxxxxxxxxx> > > It was found that a guest can DoS a host by triggering an infinite > stream of "alignment check" (#AC) exceptions. This causes the > microcode to enter an infinite loop where the core never receives > another interrupt. The host kernel panics pretty quickly due to the > effects (CVE-2015-5307). > > Signed-off-by: Eric Northup <digitaleric@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Venkatesh Srinivas <venkateshs@xxxxxxxxxx> -- vs; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html