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ELSA-2012-2013 Moderate: Oracle Linux Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

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ELSA-2012-2013 Moderate: Oracle Linux Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Published

05/17/2012

Created

07/25/2018

Added

06/11/2012

Modified

04/11/2019

Description

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 exists.

Solution(s)

oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-debug
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-debug-devel
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-devel
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-doc
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-firmware

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2011-4086
CVE - 2011-4086
CVE - 2012-1601
DSA-2469
RHSA-2012:0571
RHSA-2012:0670
RHSA-2012:0676
http://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2012-May/002820.html
http://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2012-May/002821.html

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