USN-2462-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Andy Lutomirski discovered that the Linux kernel does not properly handle faults associated with the Stack Segment SS register in the x86 architecture. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges. CVE-2014-9322 Lars Bull reported a race condition in the PIT...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2417-1)

Nadav Amit reported that the KVM Kernel Virtual Machine mishandles noncanonical addresses when emulating instructions that change the rip Instruction Pointer. A guest user with access to I/O or the MMIO can use this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash of the guest. CVE-2014-3647 A flaw...

Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel update is based on upstream -longterm 3.10.60 and fixes the following security issues: The WRMSR processing functionality in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not properly handle the writing of a non- canonical address to a model-specific register, which allows...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2014:1843)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2014:1843 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. A race condition flaw was found in the way the Linux...

Race condition

Race condition in the kvmmigratepittimer function in arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service host OS crash by leveraging incorrect PIT emulation...

CVE-2014-3611

Race condition in the kvmmigratepittimer function in arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service host OS crash by leveraging incorrect PIT emulation...

CVE-2014-3611

Race condition in the kvmmigratepittimer function in arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service host OS crash by leveraging incorrect PIT emulation...

[USN-2394-1] Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2394-1 October 30, 2014 linux-lts-trusty vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its...

[SECURITY] [DSA 3060-1] linux security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3060-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso October 31, 2014 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-2395-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2395-1 advisory. Nadav Amit reported that the KVM Kernel Virtual Machine mishandles noncanonical addresses when emulating instructions that change the rip Instruction...

kernel: kvm: PIT timer race condition

A race condition flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's KVM subsystem handled PIT Programmable Interval Timer emulation. A guest user who has access to the PIT I/O ports could use this flaw to crash the host...

CVE-2014-3611

Race condition in the kvmmigratepittimer function in arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service host OS crash by leveraging incorrect PIT emulation. A local guest user with access to the PIT i/o ports could use...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kvm on SL5.4 i386/x86_64

The x86 emulator implementation was missing a check for the Current Privilege Level CPL and I/O Privilege Level IOPL. A user in a guest could leverage these flaws to cause a denial of service guest crash or possibly escalate their privileges within that guest. CVE-2010-0298, CVE-2010-0306 A flaw...

Debian DSA-2010-1 : kvm - privilege escalation/denial of service

Several local vulnerabilities have been discovered in kvm, a full virtualization system. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2010-0298 CVE-2010-0306 Gleb Natapov discovered issues in the KVM subsystem where missing permission checks CPL/IOPL...

[SECURITY] [DSA-2010-1] New kvm packages fix several vulnerabilities

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-2010 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Dann Frazier March 10, 2010 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Design/Logic Flaw

The pitioportread function in the Programmable Interval Timer PIT emulation in i8254.c in KVM 83 does not properly use the pitstate data structure, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service host OS crash or hang by attempting to read the /dev/port file...

AZL-6509 CVE-2010-0309 affecting package kernel for versions less than 5.10.78.1-1

The pitioportread function in the Programmable Interval Timer PIT emulation in i8254.c in KVM 83 does not properly use the pitstate data structure, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service host OS crash or hang by attempting to read the /dev/port file...

AZL-34841 CVE-2010-0309 affecting package kernel for versions less than 6.6.35.1-4

The pitioportread function in the Programmable Interval Timer PIT emulation in i8254.c in KVM 83 does not properly use the pitstate data structure, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service host OS crash or hang by attempting to read the /dev/port file...

CentOS 5 : kvm (CESA-2010:0088)

Updated kvm packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. KVM Kernel-based Virtual Machine is a full virtualization solution for...

kvm: cat /dev/port in guest cause the host hang

The pitioportread function in the Programmable Interval Timer PIT emulation in i8254.c in KVM 83 does not properly use the pitstate data structure, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service host OS crash or hang by attempting to read the /dev/port file...