CVE-2023-52659 x86/mm: Ensure input to pfn_to_kaddr() is treated as a 64-bit type

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/mm: Ensure input to pfntokaddr is treated as a 64-bit type On 64-bit platforms, the pfntokaddr macro requires that the input value is 64 bits in order to ensure that valid address bits don't get lost when shifting that input ...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for...

SUSE-SU-2019:3309-1 Security update for xen

This update for xen fixes the following issues: - CVE-2019-19581: Fixed a potential out of bounds on 32-bit Arm bsc1158003 XSA-307. - CVE-2019-19582: Fixed a potential infinite loop when x86 accesses to bitmaps with a compile time known size of 64 bsc1158003 XSA-307. - CVE-2019-19583: Fixed...

x86 task switch to VM86 mode mis-handled

ISSUE DESCRIPTION LDTR, just like TR, is purely a protected mode facility. Hence even when switching to a VM86 mode task, LDTR loading needs to follow protected mode semantics. This was violated by the code. IMPACT On SVM AMD hardware: a malicious unprivileged guest process can escalate its...

kernel: kvm: vmx: invvpid vm exit not handled

It was found that the Linux kernel's KVM subsystem did not handle the VM exits gracefully for the invvpid Invalidate Translations Based on VPID instructions. On hosts with an Intel processor and invppid VM exit support, an unprivileged guest user could use these instructions to crash the guest...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : Xen (SAT Patch Number 4977)

Security / Collective Update for Xen Xen : - VUL-0: xen: VT-d PCI passthrough MSI trap injection. CVE-2011-1898. bnc702025 - update block-npiv scripts to support BFA HBA. bnc703924 - L3: Live migrations fail when guest crashes: domaincrashsync called from entry.S. bnc689954 - Bridge hangs cause...