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USN-1877-1: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities

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USN-1877-1: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C)
Published
03/22/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/08/2014
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

The ioapic_read_indirect function in virt/kvm/ioapic.c in the Linux kernel through 3.8.4 does not properly handle a certain combination of invalid IOAPIC_REG_SELECT and IOAPIC_REG_WINDOW operations, which allows guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from host OS memory or cause a denial of service (host OS OOPS) via a crafted application.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-353-ec2

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