CVE-2024-46830 KVM: x86: Acquire kvm->srcu when handling KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86: Acquire kvm-srcu when handling KVMSETVCPUEVENTS Grab kvm-srcu when processing KVMSETVCPUEVENTS, as KVM will forcibly leave nested VMX/SVM if SMM mode is being toggled, and leaving nested VMX reads guest memory. Note,...

CVE-2024-46830 KVM: x86: Acquire kvm->srcu when handling KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86: Acquire kvm-srcu when handling KVMSETVCPUEVENTS Grab kvm-srcu when processing KVMSETVCPUEVENTS, as KVM will forcibly leave nested VMX/SVM if SMM mode is being toggled, and leaving nested VMX reads guest memory. Note,...

CVE-2024-46830

CVE-2024-46830 affects the Linux kernel KVM for x86. The vulnerability arises when acquiring kvm->srcu while handling KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS, because KVM will forcibly leave nested VMX/SVM during SMM toggling and leaving nested VMX can read guest memory. The described fix: grab SRCU unconditional...

Oracle Linux 9 : kernel (ELSA-2024-6997)

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-6997 advisory. - ARM: 9359/1: flush: check if the folio is reserved for no-mapping addresses CKI Backport Bot RHEL-42783 CVE-2024-26947 - tty: ngsm: fix possible...

Oracle Linux 8 : kernel (ELSA-2024-7000)

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-7000 advisory. - wifi: mac80211: Avoid address calculations via out of bounds array indexing Michal Schmidt RHEL-51278 CVE-2024-41071 - protect the fetch of -fdfd in...

Oracle Linux 8 : virt:ol / and / virt-devel:rhel (ELSA-2024-6964)

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-6964 advisory. - Fix CVE-2024-7383 NBD server improper certificate validation resolves: RHEL-52728 libtpms libvirt libvirt-dbus libvirt-python nbdkit netcf...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel security update

An update for the virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. 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 availab...

kernel: KVM: arm64: vgic-v2: Check for non-NULL vCPU in vgic_v2_parse_attr()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: vgic-v2: Check for non-NULL vCPU in vgicv2parseattr vgicv2parseattr is responsible for finding the vCPU that matches the user-provided CPUID, which of course may not be valid. If the ID is invalid, kvmgetvcpubyid...

kernel: virtio-net: tap: mlx5_core short frame denial of service

A denial of service DoS attack was found in the mlx5 driver in the Linux kernel. A KVM guest VM using virtio-net can crash the host by sending a short packet, for example, size = ETHHLEN...

kernel: virtio-net: tap: mlx5_core short frame denial of service

A denial of service DoS attack was found in the mlx5 driver in the Linux kernel. A KVM guest VM using virtio-net can crash the host by sending a short packet, for example, size = ETHHLEN...

EulerOS 2.0 SP8 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2024-2476)

According to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : IB/ipoib: Fix mcast list lockingCVE-2023-52587 netfilter: nftables: avoid overflows in nfthashbucketsCVE-2021-46992 SUNRPC: Fix a suspicious RCU...

ALSA-2024:6964 Moderate: virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel security update

Kernel-based Virtual Machine KVM offers a full virtualization solution forLinux on numerous hardware platforms. The virt:rhel module contains packageswhich provide user-space components used to run virtual machines using KVM.The packages also provide APIs for managing and interacting with the...

Moderate: virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel security update

Kernel-based Virtual Machine KVM offers a full virtualization solution forLinux on numerous hardware platforms. The virt:rhel module contains packageswhich provide user-space components used to run virtual machines using KVM.The packages also provide APIs for managing and interacting with the...

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6999-2)

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6999-2 advisory. Chenyuan Yang discovered that the CEC driver driver in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to caus...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7029-1)

"The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7029-1 advisory. Chenyuan Yang discovered that the CEC driver driver in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cau...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

5.15.0-300.163.18 - crypto: qat - specify firmware files for 402xx Giovanni Cabiddu Orabug: 37044631 5.15.0-300.163.17 - KVM/x86: Do not clear SIPI while in SMM Boris Ostrovsky Orabug: 36955051 - Revert 'Fix userfaultfdapi to return EINVAL as expected' Vijayendra Suman Orabug: 36992217...

Oracle Linux 9 : qemu-kvm (ELSA-2024-12674)

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-12674 advisory. - hw/virtio/virtio-crypto: Protect from DMA re-entrancy bugs Philippe Mathieu-Daude Orabug: 36869694 CVE-2024-3446 - hw/char/virtio-serial-bus: Protec...

CVE-2024-46762 xen: privcmd: Fix possible access to a freed kirqfd instance

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xen: privcmd: Fix possible access to a freed kirqfd instance Nothing prevents simultaneous ioctl calls to privcmdirqfdassign and privcmdirqfddeassign. If that happens, it is possible that a kirqfd created and added to the...

CVE-2024-46762 xen: privcmd: Fix possible access to a freed kirqfd instance

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xen: privcmd: Fix possible access to a freed kirqfd instance Nothing prevents simultaneous ioctl calls to privcmdirqfdassign and privcmdirqfddeassign. If that happens, it is possible that a kirqfd created and added to the...

CVE-2024-46762 xen: privcmd: Fix possible access to a freed kirqfd instance

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xen: privcmd: Fix possible access to a freed kirqfd instance Nothing prevents simultaneous ioctl calls to privcmdirqfdassign and privcmdirqfddeassign. If that happens, it is possible that a kirqfd created and added to the...