The microcode on AMD 16h 00h through 0Fh processors does not properly handle the interaction between locked instructions and write-combined memory types, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted application, aka the errata 793 issue.

The microcode on AMD 16h 00h through 0Fh processors does not properly handle the interaction between locked instructions and write-combined memory types, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted application, aka the errata 793 issue.

kernel: exec/ptrace: get_dumpable() incorrect tests kernel: ipc: ipc_rcu_putref refcount races kernel: xen: hypercalls exposed to privilege rings 1 and 2 of HVM guests Kernel: qeth: buffer overflow in snmp ioctl Kernel: AACRAID Driver compat IOCTL missing capability check hw: AMD CPU erratum may cause core hang Kernel: net: leakage of uninitialized memory to user-space via recv syscalls

Security update for Linux kernel