UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2877

DISPUTED Kernel Samepage Merging KSM in the Linux kernel 2.6.32 through 4.x does not prevent use of a write-timing side channel, which allows guest OS users to defeat the ASLR protection mechanism on other guest OS instances via a Cross-VM ASL INtrospection CAIN attack. NOTE: the vendor states...

Virtual Machine Monitors (VMM) contain a memory deduplication vulnerability

Overview Multiple vendors' implementations of Virtual Machine Monitors VMM are vulnerable to a memory deduplication attack. Description As reported in the "Cross-VM ASL INtrospection CAIN" paper, an attacker with basic user rights within the attacking Virtual Machine VM can leverage memory...