Race Condition Affecting kernel-uki-virt package, versions <0:5.14.0-284.25.1.el9_2
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- published 8 Aug 2023
- disclosed 1 Aug 2023
Introduced: 1 Aug 2023
CVE-2022-45869 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 kernel-uki-virt to version 0:5.14.0-284.25.1.el9_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2023:4377.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uki-virt package and not the kernel-uki-virt package as distributed by AlmaLinux.
See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
A race condition in the x86 KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 6.1-rc6 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash or host OS memory corruption) when nested virtualisation and the TDP MMU are enabled.
References
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-4377.html
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-4378.html
- https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-7077.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45869
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4377
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4378
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7077
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=47b0c2e4c220f2251fd8dcfbb44479819c715e15