kernel: SVM nested virtualization issue in KVM (AVIC support)

A flaw was found in the KVM's AMD code for supporting SVM nested virtualization. The flaw occurs when processing the VMCB virtual machine control block provided by the L1 guest to spawn/handle a nested guest L2. Due to improper validation of the "intctl" field, this issue could allow a malicious ...

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

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 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 SLES12 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 36 for SLE 12 SP3) (SUSE-SU-2021:3196-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLESSAP12 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:3196-1 advisory. This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.180-94135 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2021-3653: Fix...

SUSE SLED12: cluster-md-kmp-default / dlm-kmp-default / gfs2-kmp-default / etc (SUSE-SU-2021:3206-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLED12 / SLES12 / SLESSAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:3206-1 advisory. The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs...

SUSE SLES12: cluster-md-kmp-rt / dlm-kmp-rt / gfs2-kmp-rt / kernel-devel-rt / etc (SUSE-SU-2021:3217-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:3217-1 advisory. The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 Realtime kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: ...

SUSE SLED15: cluster-md-kmp-default / dlm-kmp-default / gfs2-kmp-default / etc (SUSE-SU-2021:3207-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:3207-1 advisory. The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP2 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: ...

SUSE SLES12: kernel-azure / kernel-azure-base / kernel-azure-devel / etc (SUSE-SU-2021:3192-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLESSAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:3192-1 advisory. The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 Azure kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs wer...

openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:3179-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2021:3179-1 advisory. - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.6.11. sgwrite lacks an sgremoverequest call in a certain failure case, aka...

SUSE SLES15: kernel-azure / kernel-azure-devel / kernel-devel-azure / etc (SUSE-SU-2021:3179-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:3179-1 advisory. The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3 Azure kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: -...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities (USN-5073-2)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5073-2 advisory. Maxim Levitsky and Paolo Bonzini discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation for AMD processors in the Linux kernel allowed a guest VM ...

SUSE SLES12: kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-150_58-default / etc (SUSE-SU-2021:3073-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:3073-1 advisory. This update for the Linux Kernel 4.12.14-12237 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2021-3653: Fixed...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-5071-2)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5071-2 advisory. USN-5071-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enableme...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities (USN-5082-1)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5082-1 advisory. Maxim Levitsky and Paolo Bonzini discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation for AMD processors in the Linux kernel allowed a guest VM to disable...

Oracle Linux 7 / 8 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2021-9450)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2021-9450 advisory. 5.4.17-2102.205.7.2 - btrfs: fix race between marking inode needs to be logged and log syncing Filipe Manana Orabug: 33349276 5.4.17-2102.205.7.1 -...

Oracle Linux 7 / 8 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2021-9451)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2021-9451 advisory. - KVM: nSVM: avoid picking up unsupported bits from L2 in intctl CVE-2021-3653 Maxim Levitsky Orabug: 33226010 CVE-2021-3653 - Revert KVM: nSVM:...

Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALAS-2021-1704)

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 4.14.246-187.474. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2021-1704 advisory. A flaw was found in the KVM's AMD code for supporting SVM nested virtualization. The flaw occurs when processing t...

kernel: SVM nested virtualization issue in KVM (AVIC support)

A flaw was found in the KVM's AMD code for supporting SVM nested virtualization. The flaw occurs when processing the VMCB virtual machine control block provided by the L1 guest to spawn/handle a nested guest L2. Due to improper validation of the "intctl" field, this issue could allow a malicious ...

kernel: SVM nested virtualization issue in KVM (AVIC support)

A flaw was found in the KVM's AMD code for supporting SVM nested virtualization. The flaw occurs when processing the VMCB virtual machine control block provided by the L1 guest to spawn/handle a nested guest L2. Due to improper validation of the "intctl" field, this issue could allow a malicious ...

RLSA-2021:3548 Moderate: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: kernel: SVM nested virtualization issue in KVM AVIC support CVE-2021-3653 For more details about the security issues, including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related...

kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

An update is available for kernel. This update affects Rocky Linux 8. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating...