RHSA-2015:2552High

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Published
December 8, 2015
Last Modified
November 5, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2015-5307 →CVE-2015-8104 →

📋 Description

CVE-2015-5307 — virt: guest to host DoS by triggering an infinite loop in microcode via #AC exception CVE-2015-8104 — virt: guest to host DoS by triggering an infinite loop in microcode via #DB exception

🎯 Affected products169

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-327.3.1.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-327.3.1.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-327.3.1.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-327.3.1.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-327.3.1.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-327.3.1.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-327.3.1.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-327.3.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-327.3.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-327.3.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-327.3.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • kernel-abi-whitelists-0:3.10.0-327.3.1.el7.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • kernel-abi-whitelists-0:3.10.0-327.3.1.el7.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)
  • kernel-abi-whitelists-0:3.10.0-327.3.1.el7.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • kernel-abi-whitelists-0:3.10.0-327.3.1.el7.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • kernel-bootwrapper-0:3.10.0-327.3.1.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • kernel-bootwrapper-0:3.10.0-327.3.1.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • kernel-debug-0:3.10.0-327.3.1.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • kernel-debug-0:3.10.0-327.3.1.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • kernel-debug-0:3.10.0-327.3.1.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • kernel-debug-0:3.10.0-327.3.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • kernel-debug-0:3.10.0-327.3.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)
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✅ 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

🔗 References (5)