Oracle Linux: CVE-2016-4020: ELSA-2017-1856: qemu-kvm security, bug fix, and enhancement update (MODERATE)
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(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
04/07/2016
07/25/2018
08/08/2017
08/06/2024
Description
The patch_instruction function in hw/i386/kvmvapic.c in QEMU does not initialize the imm32 variable, which allows local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive information from host stack memory by accessing the Task Priority Register (TPR).
Solution(s)
- oracle-linux-upgrade-http-parser
- oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-img
- oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-kvm-common
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