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ELSA-2013-0727 Important: Oracle Linux kvm security update

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ELSA-2013-0727 Important: Oracle Linux kvm security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/22/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/11/2013
Modified
04/11/2019

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel through 3.8.4 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that triggers use of a guest physical address (GPA) in (1) movable or (2) removable memory during an MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME kvm_set_msr_common operation.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kmod-kvm
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kmod-kvm-debug
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kvm
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kvm-qemu-img
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kvm-tools

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