QID 240292

Date Published: 2022-05-11

QID 240292: Red Hat Update for virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel security (RHSA-2022:1759)

kernel-based virtual machine (kvm) offers a full virtualization solution for linux on numerous hardware platforms.
The virt:rhel module contains packages which provide user-space components used to run virtual machines using kvm.

Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a security breach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.2 severity.
  • Solution
    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2022:1759 for updates and patch information.
    Vendor References
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2022:1759 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1759