Executive Summary
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Title | kvm security and bug fix update |
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Name | RHSA-2010:0126 | First vendor Publication | 2010-03-01 |
Vendor | RedHat | Last vendor Modification | 2010-03-01 |
Severity (Vendor) | Important | Revision | 01 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
Cvss vector : N/A | |||
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Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | |||
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Cvss Base Score | 7.1 | Attack Range | Network |
Cvss Impact Score | 6.9 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
Cvss Expoit Score | 8.6 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
Problem Description: Updated kvm packages that fix two security issues and two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: RHEL Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client) - x86_64 RHEL Virtualization (v. 5 server) - x86_64 3. Description: KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on AMD64 and Intel 64 systems. KVM is a Linux kernel module built for the standard Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel. 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. (CVE-2010-0419) The x86 emulator implementation was missing a check for the Current Privilege Level (CPL) while accessing debug registers. An unprivileged user in a guest could leverage this flaw to crash the guest. (CVE-2009-3722) This update also fixes the following bugs: With Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, the virtio_blk_dma_restart_bh() function was previously used to handle write errors; however, a bug fix provided by the RHSA-2009:1659 update meant that read errors would also have to be handled by this function. The function was not updated for this, causing read errors to be resubmitted as writes. This caused guest image corruption in some cases. Additionally, the return values of the bdrv_aio_write() and bdrv_aio_read() functions were ignored. If an immediate failure occurred in one of these functions, errors would be missed and the guest could hang or read corrupted data. (BZ#562776) All KVM users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues. Note: The procedure in the Solution section must be performed before this update will take effect. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259 The following procedure must be performed before this update will take effect: 1) Stop all KVM guest virtual machines. 2) Either reboot the hypervisor machine or, as the root user, remove (using "modprobe -r [module]") and reload (using "modprobe [module]") all of the following modules which are currently running (determined using "lsmod"): kvm, ksm, kvm-intel or kvm-amd. 3) Restart the KVM guest virtual machines. 5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 531660 - CVE-2009-3722 KVM: Check cpl before emulating debug register access 562776 - Guest image corruption after RHEV-H update to 5.4-2.1.3.el5_4rhev2_1 using virtio-blk 563463 - CVE-2010-0419 kvm: emulator privilege escalation segment selector check |
Original Source
Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0126.html |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
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100 % | CWE-264 | Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls |
OVAL Definitions
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10139 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10139 | ||
Title: | The x86 emulator in KVM 83, when a guest is configured for Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP), does not properly restrict writing of segment selectors to segment registers, which might allow guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) or gain privileges on the guest OS by leveraging access to a (1) IO port or (2) MMIO region, and replacing an instruction in between emulator entry and instruction fetch. | ||
Description: | The x86 emulator in KVM 83, when a guest is configured for Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP), does not properly restrict writing of segment selectors to segment registers, which might allow guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) or gain privileges on the guest OS by leveraging access to a (1) IO port or (2) MMIO region, and replacing an instruction in between emulator entry and instruction fetch. | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
Reference(s): | CVE-2010-0419 | Version: | 5 |
Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 CentOS Linux 5 Oracle Linux 5 | Product(s): | |
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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18623 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18623 | ||
Title: | DSA-2010-1 kvm - several vulnerabilities | ||
Description: | Several local vulnerabilities have been discovered in kvm, a full virtualization system. | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
Reference(s): | DSA-2010-1 CVE-2010-0298 CVE-2010-0306 CVE-2010-0309 CVE-2010-0419 | Version: | 7 |
Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 | Product(s): | kvm |
Definition Synopsis: | |||
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22115 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22115 | ||
Title: | RHSA-2010:0126: kvm security and bug fix update (Important) | ||
Description: | The x86 emulator in KVM 83, when a guest is configured for Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP), does not properly restrict writing of segment selectors to segment registers, which might allow guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) or gain privileges on the guest OS by leveraging access to a (1) IO port or (2) MMIO region, and replacing an instruction in between emulator entry and instruction fetch. | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
Reference(s): | RHSA-2010:0126-01 CESA-2010:0126 CVE-2009-3722 CVE-2010-0419 | Version: | 29 |
Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 CentOS Linux 5 | Product(s): | kvm |
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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23079 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23079 | ||
Title: | ELSA-2010:0126: kvm security and bug fix update (Important) | ||
Description: | The x86 emulator in KVM 83, when a guest is configured for Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP), does not properly restrict writing of segment selectors to segment registers, which might allow guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) or gain privileges on the guest OS by leveraging access to a (1) IO port or (2) MMIO region, and replacing an instruction in between emulator entry and instruction fetch. | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
Reference(s): | ELSA-2010:0126-01 CVE-2009-3722 CVE-2010-0419 | Version: | 13 |
Platform(s): | Oracle Linux 5 | Product(s): | kvm |
Definition Synopsis: | |||
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27791 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27791 | ||
Title: | DEPRECATED: ELSA-2010-0126 -- kvm security and bug fix update (important) | ||
Description: | [kvm-83-105.0.1.el5_4.27] - Add kvm-add-oracle-workaround-for-libvirt-bug.patch [kvm-83-105.el5_4.27] - kvm-kernel-KVM-VMX-Check-cpl-before-emulating-debug-register-ac.patch [bz#563516] - Resolves: bz#563516 (KVM: Check cpl before emulating debug register access [rhel-5.4.z]) [kvm-83-105.el5_4.26] - kvm-kernel-KVM-Don-t-check-access-permission-when-loading-segme.patch [bz#563464] - kvm-kernel-KVM-Disable-move-to-segment-registers-and-jump-far-i.patch [bz#563464] - Resolves: bz#563464 (EMBARGOED CVE-2010-0419 kvm: emulator privilege escalation segment selector check [rhel-5.4.z]) [kvm-83-105.el5_4.25] - kvm-virtio-blk-Fix-reads-turned-into-writes-after-read-e.patch [bz#562776] - kvm-virtio-blk-Handle-bdrv_aio_read-write-NULL-return.patch [bz#562776] - Resolves: bz#562776 (Guest image corruption after RHEV-H update to 5.4-2.1.3.el5_4rhev2_1) [kvm-83-105.el5_4.24] - Apply bz#561022 patches again (undo the reverts from kvm-83-105.el5_4.23) - kvm-qemu-add-routines-for-atomic-16-bit-accesses-take-2.patch [bz#561022] - kvm-qemu-virtio-atomic-access-for-index-values-take-2.patch [bz#561022] - Resolves: bz#561022 (QEMU terminates without warning with virtio-net and SMP enabled) [kvm-83-105.el5_4.23] - Revert bz#561022 patches by now, until they get better testing - kvm-Revert-qemu-virtio-atomic-access-for-index-values.patch [bz#561022] - kvm-Revert-qemu-add-routines-for-atomic-16-bit-accesses.patch [bz#561022] - Related: bz#561022 (QEMU terminates without warning with virtio-net and SMP enabled) | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
Reference(s): | ELSA-2010-0126 CVE-2009-3722 CVE-2010-0419 | Version: | 4 |
Platform(s): | Oracle Linux 5 | Product(s): | kvm |
Definition Synopsis: | |||
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7147 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7147 | ||
Title: | DSA-2010 kvm -- privilege escalation/denial of service | ||
Description: | Several local vulnerabilities have been discovered in kvm, a full virtualization system. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: Gleb Natapov discovered issues in the KVM subsystem where missing permission checks permit a user in a guest system to denial of service a guest or gain escalated privileges with the guest. Marcelo Tosatti fixed an issue in the PIT emulation code in the KVM subsystem that allows privileged users in a guest domain to cause a denial of service of the host system. Paolo Bonzini found a bug in KVM that can be used to bypass proper permission checking while loading segment selectors. This potentially allows privileged guest users to execute privileged instructions on the host system. | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
Reference(s): | DSA-2010 CVE-2010-0298 CVE-2010-0306 CVE-2010-0309 CVE-2010-0419 | Version: | 5 |
Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 | Product(s): | kvm |
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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9892 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9892 | ||
Title: | The handle_dr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31.1 does not properly verify the Current Privilege Level (CPL) before accessing a debug register, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (trap) on the host OS via a crafted application. | ||
Description: | The handle_dr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31.1 does not properly verify the Current Privilege Level (CPL) before accessing a debug register, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (trap) on the host OS via a crafted application. | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
Reference(s): | CVE-2009-3722 | Version: | 5 |
Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 CentOS Linux 5 Oracle Linux 5 | Product(s): | |
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
Date | Description |
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2010-10-19 | Name : Mandriva Update for kernel MDVSA-2010:198 (kernel) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2010_198.nasl |
2010-09-27 | Name : Mandriva Update for kernel MDVSA-2010:188 (kernel) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2010_188.nasl |
2010-06-07 | Name : Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-947-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_947_1.nasl |
2010-06-07 | Name : Ubuntu Update for linux regression USN-947-2 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_947_2.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
Id | Description |
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62845 | KVM 83 x86 Emulator SMP Segment Register Selector Local Privilege Escalation |
59477 | Linux Kernel KVM Subsystem arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c handle_dr Function CPL Verifica... |
Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)
Date | Description |
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2010-03-04 | IAVM : 2010-A-0037 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in Linux Kernel Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0022704 |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
Date | Description |
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2013-07-12 | Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2010-0126.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2013-01-24 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2010-0126.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2012-08-01 | Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20100301_kvm_on_SL5_4.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2010-10-08 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2010-198.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2010-09-24 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2010-188.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2010-06-04 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-947-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2010-06-04 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-947-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2010-03-11 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-2010.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2010-03-04 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2010-0126.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2010-02-24 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1962.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2009-12-07 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-864-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
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