CVE-2022-48862

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's vhost driver in the vhost_iotlb_add_range_ctx function, which can lead to a hung thread due to erroneous IOTLB entries. This occurs when a zero-sized range is incorrectly processed, resulting in an infinite loop during packet transmission when accessing the IOTLB leads to DoS.

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Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.