The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2009:1465. 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. The kvm_emulate_hypercall() implementation was missing a check for the Current Privilege Level (CPL). A local, unprivileged user in a virtual machine could use this flaw to cause a local denial of service or escalate their privileges within that virtual machine. (CVE-2009-3290) All KVM users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues. Note: The procedure in the

Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1465.html

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Updated on 2017-03-28