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Debian: CVE-2022-39189: linux, linux-5.10 -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2022-39189: linux, linux-5.10 -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/02/2022
Created
08/21/2023
Added
08/21/2023
Modified
10/23/2023

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux
  • debian-upgrade-linux-5-10

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