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Scientific Linux SL5.x Moderate: KVM Security Update CVE-2011-4347

Moderate: kvm security and bug fix update. Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 14:49:14 -0600 Reply-To: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux From: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Subject: Security ERRATA Moderate: kvm on SL5.x x86_64 Comments: To: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Synopsis: Moderate: kvm security and bug fix update Issue Date: 2012-02-21 CVE Numbers: CVE-2011-4347 KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on AMD64 and Intel 64 systems. KVM is a Linux kernel module built for the standard Scientific Linux kernel. It was found that the kvm_vm_ioctl_assign_device() function in the KVM subsystem of a Linux kernel did not check if the user requesting device assignment was privileged or not. A member of the kvm group on the host could assign unused PCI devices, or even devices that were in use and whose resources were not properly claimed by the respective drivers, which could result in the host crashing. (CVE-2011-4347) All KVM users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. SL5: x86_64 kmod-kvm-83-249.el5.x86_64.rpm kmod-kvm-debug-83-249.el5.x86_64.rpm kvm-83-249.el5.x86_64.rpm kvm-debuginfo-83-249.el5.x86_64.rpm kvm-qemu-img-83-249.el5.x86_64.rpm kvm-tools-83-249.el5.x86_64.rpm - Scientific Linux Development Team . A measured update for KVM on Scientific Linux has been rolled out, tackling security vulnerabilities and resolving device assignment problems that were causing system crashes.. KVM Security Update, Scientific Linux Fix, Kernel Module Update. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Calendar 2 Mar 06, 2012 Scientific Linux
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Red Hat 5: RHSA-2012:0149-03 Moderate: KVM Device Assignment DoS

Updated kvm packages that fix one security issue and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ==================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Moderate: kvm security and bug fix update Advisory ID: RHSA-2012:0149-03 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0149.html Issue date: 2012-02-21 CVE Names: CVE-2011-4347 ==================================================================== 1. Summary: Updated kvm packages that fix one security issue and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: RHEL Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client) - x86_64 RHEL Virtualization (v. 5 server) - x86_64 3. Description: KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on AMD64 and Intel 64 systems. KVM is a Linux kernel module built for the standard Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel. It was found that the kvm_vm_ioctl_assign_device() function in the KVM subsystem of a Linux kernel did not check if the user requesting device assignment was privileged or not. A member of the kvm group on the host could assign unused PCI devices, or even devices that were in use and whose resources were not properly claimed by the respective drivers, which could result in the host crashing. (CVE-2011-4347) Red Hat would like to thank Sasha Levin for reporting this issue. These updated kvm packages include several bug fixes. Spaceprecludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 Technical Notes, linked to in the References, for information on the most significant of these changes. All KVM users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. Note: The procedure in the Solution section must be performed before this update will take effect. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259 The following procedure must be performed before this update will take effect: 1) Stop all KVM guest virtual machines. 2) Either reboot the hypervisor machine or, as the root user, remove (using "modprobe -r [module]") and reload (using "modprobe [module]") all of the following modules which are currently running (determined using "lsmod"): kvm, ksm, kvm-intel or kvm-amd. 3) Restart the KVM guest virtual machines. 5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 701616 - limitation on max number of assigned devices does not take effect if hot-plug pci devices 703335 - KVM guest clocks jump forward one hour on reboot 703446 - Failed to ping guest after MTU is changed 704081 - mouse responds very slowly with huge memory 725876 - RTC interrupt problems with RHEL5 qemu/kvm (0.10 based) on 2.6.38+ guest kernels. 753860 - Fix kvm userspace compilation on RHEL-5 to match the kernel changes 756084 - CVE-2011-4347 kernel: kvm: device assignment DoS 6. Package List: RHEL Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client): Source: x86_64: kmod-kvm-83-249.el5.x86_64.rpm kmod-kvm-debug-83-249.el5.x86_64.rpm kvm-83-249.el5.x86_64.rpm kvm-debuginfo-83-249.el5.x86_64.rpm kvm-qemu-img-83-249.el5.x86_64.rpm kvm-tools-83-249.el5.x86_64.rpm RHEL Virtualization (v. 5server): Source: x86_64: kmod-kvm-83-249.el5.x86_64.rpm kmod-kvm-debug-83-249.el5.x86_64.rpm kvm-83-249.el5.x86_64.rpm kvm-debuginfo-83-249.el5.x86_64.rpm kvm-qemu-img-83-249.el5.x86_64.rpm kvm-tools-83-249.el5.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key#package 7. References: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4347 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate https://access.redhat.com/search/ 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact Copyright 2012 Red Hat, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFPQySTXlSAg2UNWIIRArlTAJ0WoKPpeN65MwnhycwM8+RzPo1dNACff1HW NKHsqhoy0Aa32Ro59AEwoXw=5ijl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Enterprise-watch-list mailing list This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Red Hat has released a new advisory concerning kvm enhancements that address both vulnerabilities and defects affecting RHEL 5, categorized as having a moderate severity rating.. KVM Updates, Red Hat Security Advisory, Bug Fixes for RHEL 5. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

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