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Red Hat: CVE-2021-37576: CVE-2021-37576 kernel: powerpc: KVM guest OS users can cause host OS memory corruption (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2021-37576: CVE-2021-37576 kernel: powerpc: KVM guest OS users can cause host OS memory corruption (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
07/26/2021
Created
09/08/2021
Added
09/08/2021
Modified
03/13/2024

Description

arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_rtas.c in the Linux kernel through 5.13.5 on the powerpc platform allows KVM guest OS users to cause host OS memory corruption via rtas_args.nargs, aka CID-f62f3c20647e.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel

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