SUSE-SU-2015:0357-1

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    SUSE-SU-2015:0357-1

    Published: 23 Jan 2015Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for kvm and libvirt

    Details: This collective update for KVM and libvirt provides fixes for security and non-security issues. kvm: * Fix NULL pointer dereference because of uninitialized UDP socket. (bsc#897654, CVE-2014-3640) * Fix performance degradation after migration. (bsc#878350) * Fix potential image corruption due to missing FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC flag in FS_IOC_FIEMAP ioctl. (bsc#908381) * Add validate hex properties for qdev. (bsc#852397) * Add boot option to do strict boot (bsc#900084) * Add query-command-line-options QMP command. (bsc#899144) * Fix incorrect return value of migrate_cancel. (bsc#843074) * Fix insufficient parameter validation during ram load. (bsc#905097, CVE-2014-7840) * Fix insufficient blit region checks in qemu/cirrus. (bsc#907805, CVE-2014-8106) libvirt: * Fix security hole with migratable flag in dumpxml. (bsc#904176, CVE-2014-7823) * Fix domain deadlock. (bsc#899484, CVE-2014-3657) * Use correct definition when looking up disk in qemu blkiotune. (bsc#897783, CVE-2014-3633) * Fix undefined symbol when starting virtlockd. (bsc#910145) * Add '-boot strict' to qemu's commandline whenever possible. (bsc#900084) * Add support for 'reboot-timeout' in qemu. (bsc#899144) * Increase QEMU's monitor timeout to 30sec. (bsc#911742) * Allow setting QEMU's migration max downtime any time. (bsc#879665) Security Issues: * CVE-2014-7823 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-7823> * CVE-2014-3657 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3657> * CVE-2014-3633 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3633> * CVE-2014-3640 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3640> * CVE-2014-7840 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-7840> * CVE-2014-8106 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8106>

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High