ELSA-2010-0998 Low: Oracle Linux kvm security and bug fix update
2
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
12/23/2010
07/25/2018
12/20/2011
08/10/2020
Description
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 does not initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via read operations on the /dev/kvm device.
Solution(s)
- oracle-linux-upgrade-kmod-kvm
- oracle-linux-upgrade-kvm
- oracle-linux-upgrade-kvm-qemu-img
- oracle-linux-upgrade-kvm-tools
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