CVE-2016-3044 Denial of service in n/a
Guest OS users can cause a host OS infinite loop and hang, leading to denial of service in IBM PowerKVM environments.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-3044?
CVE-2016-3044 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Dec 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Linux kernel component in IBM PowerKVM 2.1 before 2.1.1.3-65.10 and 3.1 before 3.1.0.2 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS infinite loop and hang) via unspecified vectors.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3044?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Powerkvm.
How do I fix CVE-2016-3044?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-3044 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3044 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3044, GHSA-86qw-h8w4-3rr4, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3044.