Oracle Linux: CVE-2023-46813: ELSA-2024-0461: kernel security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.5.9, exploitable by local users with userspace access to MMIO registers. Incorrect access checking in the #VC handler and instruction emulation of the SEV-ES emulation of MMIO accesses could lead to arbitrary write access to kernel memory (and thus privilege escalation). This depends on a race condition through which userspace can replace an instruction before the #VC handler reads it.
A buffer overflow and null pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) implementation for AMD functionality. This issue occurs when a user in SEV guest VM accesses MMIO registers, which could allow a local user to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system.