Security readout for executives and security teams
A user inside a virtual machine could potentially break out to the host because timer device emulation handled lengths incorrectly. The reported impact is arbitrary code execution on the host. This is most urgent for platforms running old Linux kernel or QEMU versions with untrusted guest users. Exposure is mainly legacy virtualization hosts using affected Linux kernel or QEMU versions. Risk increases where customers, tenants, or untrusted users can run code inside guest operating systems. Prioritize remediation on any legacy virtualization host supporting untrusted guests. The business issue is potential guest-to-host compromise, but current evidence does not show known active exploitation. Mitigation focus: Upgrade QEMU to 2.3.1 or a vendor-fixed package.; Upgrade Linux kernels to 2.6.33 or a vendor-fixed backport.; Apply relevant Red Hat, Debian, Gentoo, Lenovo, or platform vendor guidance..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://support.lenovo.com/product_security/qemuCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229640CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/qemuCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- 37990CVE reference · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- GLSA-201510-02CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ee73f656a604d5aa9df86a97102e4e462dd79924CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- [qemu-devel] 20150617 Re: [PATCH] i8254: fix out-of-bounds memory access in pit_ioport_read()CVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1180-security-advisory-13CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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