Red Hat Security AdvisoryRHSA-2010:0898
kvm security update
Released 2010-12-06 · Red Hat rating Moderate · View on Red Hat →
Fixed in
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client) kmod-kvm-83-164.el5_5.25, kvm-83-164.el5_5.25, kvm-qemu-img-83-164.el5_5.25 +1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server) kmod-kvm-83-164.el5_5.25, kvm-83-164.el5_5.25, kvm-qemu-img-83-164.el5_5.25 +1
Fixes 1 record
Priority LOW 23
The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not properly reload the FS and GS segment registers, which allows host OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via a KVM_RUN ioctl call in conju…
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.9· Local · No auth · Interaction — · EPSS 0.00421 · Published 2010-11-26 · Partial fix CWE-400
