kernel: KVM: Always flush async #PF workqueue when vCPU is being destroyed

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: Always flush async PF workqueue when vCPU is being destroyed Always flush the per-vCPU async PF workqueue when a vCPU is clearing its completion queue, e.g. when a VM and all its vCPUs is being destroyed. KVM must ensure tha...

Linux kernel 安全漏洞

Linux kernel is the kernel used by Linux, the open source operating system of the Linux Foundation in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel that stems from not refreshing the asynchronous PF work queue when the vCPU is destroyed...

SUSE CVE-2018-5244

In Xen 4.10, new infrastructure was introduced as part of an overhaul to how MSR emulation happens for guests. Unfortunately, one tracking structure isn't freed when a vcpu is destroyed. This allows guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service host OS memory consumption by rebooting many...