RHSA-2015:1189High

Red Hat Security Advisory: kvm security update

Published
June 25, 2015
Last Modified
November 5, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2015-3209 →

📋 Description

CVE-2015-3209 — qemu: pcnet: multi-tmd buffer overflow in the tx path

🎯 Affected products16

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • kmod-kvm-0:83-273.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)
  • kmod-kvm-0:83-273.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • kmod-kvm-debug-0:83-273.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)
  • kmod-kvm-debug-0:83-273.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • kvm-0:83-273.el5_11.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)
  • kvm-0:83-273.el5_11.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • kvm-0:83-273.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)
  • kvm-0:83-273.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • kvm-debuginfo-0:83-273.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)
  • kvm-debuginfo-0:83-273.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • kvm-qemu-img-0:83-273.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)
  • kvm-qemu-img-0:83-273.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • kvm-tools-0:83-273.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)
  • kvm-tools-0:83-273.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)

✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 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.

🔗 References (4)