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CVE request: Kernel: kvm: stack memory information leakage


From: P J P <ppandit () redhat com>
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 15:48:05 +0530 (IST)

  Hello,

Linux kernel built with the Kernel-based Virtual Machine(CONFIG_KVM) support is vulnerable to an information leakage issue. It could occur on x86 platform, in 32bit mode, while emulating instructions.

A user/process could use this flaw to leak host kernel memory bytes.

Upstream patch:
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  -> https://git.kernel.org/linus/2117d5398c81554fbf803f5fd1dc55eb78216c0c

Reference:
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  -> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400468

Thank you.
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Prasad J Pandit / Red Hat Product Security Team
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