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USN-1808-1: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities

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USN-1808-1: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/22/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/06/2013
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

The kvm_set_msr_common function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel through 3.8.4 does not ensure a required time_page alignment during an MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME operation, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and host OS memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-351-ec2

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