Security update for kvm
This update for kvm fixes the following issues: A security flaw mitigation has been applied: - CVE-2017-5715: QEMU was updated to allow passing through new MSR and CPUID flags from the host VM to the CPU, to allow enabling/disabling branch prediction features in the Intel CPU. (bsc#1068032) Also a security fix has been applied: - CVE-2017-2633: Fix various out of bounds access issues in the QEMU vnc infrastructure (bsc#1026612)
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
This update for kvm fixes the following issues: A security flaw mitigation has been applied: - CVE-2017-5715: QEMU was updated to allow passing through new MSR and CPUID flags from the host VM to the CPU, to allow enabling/disabling branch prediction features in the Intel CPU. (bsc#1068032) Also a security fix has been applied: - CVE-2017-2633: Fix various out of bounds access issues in the QEMU vnc infrastructure (bsc#1026612)
05 / REFERENCES