Denial Of Service

kernel is vulnerable to denial of service. It was found that the kvmvmioctlassigndevice function in the KVM subsystem of a Linux kernel did not check if the user requesting device assignment was privileged or not. A member of the kvm group on the host could assign unused PCI devices, or even...

CentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2012:0721)

Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are...

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

Updated kvm packages that fix one security issue and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity...