Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 17 for SLE 15 SP2)
This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-24_75 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2021-22543: Fixed an issue with KVM, related to the handling of VM_IO|VM_PFNMAP vmas, which allowed users with the ability to start and control a VM to read/write random pages of memory and could result in local privilege escalation (bsc#1186482). - CVE-2021-37576: On the powerpc platform KVM guest OS users could cause host OS memory corruption via rtas_args.nargs (bsc#1188838).
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-24_75 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2021-22543: Fixed an issue with KVM, related to the handling of VM_IO|VM_PFNMAP vmas, which allowed users with the ability to start and control a VM to read/write random pages of memory and could result in local privilege escalation (bsc#1186482). - CVE-2021-37576: On the powerpc platform KVM guest OS users could cause host OS memory corruption via rtas_args.nargs (bsc#1188838).
05 / REFERENCES