kvm: privilege escalation
| Package(s): | kvm | CVE #(s): | CVE-2010-0419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Created: | March 2, 2010 | Updated: | June 4, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description: | From the Red Hat advisory:
A flaw was found in the way the x86 emulator loaded segment selectors (used for memory segmentation and protection) into segment registers. In some guest system configurations, an unprivileged guest user could leverage this flaw to crash the guest or possibly escalate their privileges within the guest. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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