USN-1781-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
7
(AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
02/21/2013
07/25/2018
05/06/2013
07/09/2020
Description
The translate_desc function in drivers/vhost/vhost.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7 does not properly handle cross-region descriptors, which allows guest OS users to obtain host OS privileges by leveraging KVM guest OS privileges.
Solution(s)
- ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-1427-omap4
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