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CentOS Linux: CVE-2022-39189: Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Sep 2, 2022
Added
May 15, 2023
Modified
Jan 28, 2025

Description

An issue was discovered the x86 KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.18.17. Unprivileged guest users can compromise the guest kernel because TLB flush operations are mishandled in certain KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED situations.

Solutions

centos-upgrade-kernelcentos-upgrade-kernel-rt
Title
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