Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-000540)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-000540 advisory. 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...

SUSE 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...

qemu/kvm: i8254: out-of-bounds memory access in pit_ioport_read function

An out-of-bounds memory access flaw, leading to memory corruption or possibly an information leak, was found in QEMU's pitioportread function. A privileged guest user in a QEMU guest, which had QEMU PIT emulation enabled, could potentially, in rare cases, use this flaw to execute arbitrary code o...

Updated kernel-rt packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel-rt update provides as upgrade to upstream 3.14 longterm branch, currently based on 3.14.32 and fixes the following security issues: The microcode on AMD 16h 00h through 0Fh processors does not properly handle the interaction between locked instructions and write-combined memory types,...

DEBIAN-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...

UBUNTU-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...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2389-1 (linux-2.6 - privilege escalation/denial of service/information leak)

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or privilege escalation. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2011-2183Andrea Righi reported an issue in KSM, a memory-saving de-duplication...

Oracle Linux 5 : kvm (ELSA-2012-0051)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2012-0051 advisory. - Resolves: bz772079 EMBARGOED CVE-2012-0029 qemu-kvm: e1000: processtxdesc legacy mode packets heap overflow rhel-5.7.z - Resolves: bz770100...

Null pointer dereference

The createpittimer function in arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c in KVM 83, and possibly other versions, does not properly handle when Programmable Interval Timer PIT interrupt requests IRQs when a virtual interrupt controller irqchip is not available, which allows local users to cause a denial of service NUL...

UBUNTU-CVE-2011-4622

The createpittimer function in arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c in KVM 83, and possibly other versions, does not properly handle when Programmable Interval Timer PIT interrupt requests IRQs when a virtual interrupt controller irqchip is not available, which allows local users to cause a denial of service NUL...

kernel: kvm: pit timer with no irqchip crashes the system

The createpittimer function in arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c in KVM 83, and possibly other versions, does not properly handle when Programmable Interval Timer PIT interrupt requests IRQs when a virtual interrupt controller irqchip is not available, which allows local users to cause a denial of service NUL...

[SECURITY] [DSA 2389-1] linux-2.6 security update

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2389-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Dann Frazier January 15, 2012 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...