Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
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.
A flaw was found in the way QEMU-KVM handled the reloading of fs and gs segment registers when they had invalid selectors. A privileged host user with access to "
/dev/kvm"
could use this flaw to crash the host (denial of
service). (CVE-2010-3698)
All KVM users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. Note: The procedure in the Solution section must be performed before this update will take effect.
Affected
kvm-83-164.el5_ on CentOS 5
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2010-3698 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
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