Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Important

An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s framebuffer-based console driver functionality in the way a user triggers ioctl FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO with malicious data. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write

A flaw was found in the KVM's Intel nested virtualization feature (nVMX). Since L1 and L2 shared branch prediction modes (guest-user and guest-kernel), KVM did not protect indirect branches in L1 from steering by a malicious agent in L2. This could allow a malicious nested guest to carry out Spectre v2 attacks against L1 due to a missing IBPB at VM-exit time.

CWE-1188 - Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default

A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s video4linux driver in how a user triggers the em28xx_usb_probe() for the Empia 28xx-based TV cards. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

CWE-416 - Use After Free