Red Hat Security AdvisoryRHSA-2012:0676
kvm security and bug fix update
Released 2012-05-21 · Red Hat rating Moderate · View on Red Hat →
Fixed in
- RHEL Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client) kmod-kvm-83-249.el5_8.4, kmod-kvm-debug-83-249.el5_8.4, kvm-83-249.el5_8.4 +2
- RHEL Virtualization (v. 5 server) kmod-kvm-83-249.el5_8.4, kmod-kvm-debug-83-249.el5_8.4, kvm-83-249.el5_8.4 +2
Fixes 2 records
Priority LOW 23
The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.3.4 does not properly manage the relationships between memory slots and the iommu, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory leak and host OS cra…
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.9· Local · No auth · Interaction — · EPSS 0.00413 · Published 2012-05-17 · Partial fix CWE-264
Priority LOW 23
The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.3.6 allows host OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) by making a KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP ioctl call after a virtual CPU already…
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.9· Local · No auth · Interaction — · EPSS 0.00411 · Published 2012-05-17 · Partial fix CWE-399
