kernel: kvm: Avoid potential UAF in LPI translation cache

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel pertaining to a potential use-after-free UAF scenario in a system involving Logical Partitioning Interrupts LPI translation cache operations. Specifically, the issue arises when a cache hit occurs concurrently with an operation that invalidates the cache, such...

kernel: kvm: Avoid potential UAF in LPI translation cache

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel pertaining to a potential use-after-free UAF scenario in a system involving Logical Partitioning Interrupts LPI translation cache operations. Specifically, the issue arises when a cache hit occurs concurrently with an operation that invalidates the cache, such...

kernel: null pointer dereference in dlpar_parse_cc_property in arch/powerrc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c causing denial of service

A flaw was found in the way Linux kernel's Dynamic Logical Partitioning DLPAR functionality on PowerPC systems handled low memory conditions on device discovery. An attacker who can change the LPAR configuration and incur low memory conditions at the same time could use this flaw to crash the...

kernel: null pointer dereference in dlpar_parse_cc_property in arch/powerrc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c causing denial of service

A flaw was found in the way Linux kernel's Dynamic Logical Partitioning DLPAR functionality on PowerPC systems handled low memory conditions on device discovery. An attacker who can change the LPAR configuration and incur low memory conditions at the same time could use this flaw to crash the...

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

Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues, several bugs, and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detail...