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USN-8888-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities for Azure

Ubuntu Security advisory, machine-translated, fixing several Linux kernel flaws in Azure variants, including CVE-2023-20585 on RMP checks in AMD processors with SEV-SNP.

Advisory USN-8888-1, from the Ubuntu Security feed, states that the update fixes several vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Azure variants. The text highlights CVE-2023-20585: some AMD processors did not correctly perform Reverse Map Table (RMP) checks when the IOMMU accessed certain host buffers. According to the advisory, a local attacker with access to the hypervisor could possibly use this issue to trigger an out-of-bounds condition and compromise the memory integrity of SEV-SNP guests. Beyond this point, the advisory lists fixes across dozens of subsystems, such as ARM64, x86 and RISC-V architectures, network drivers, GPU, TPM, PCI, IOMMU and Bluetooth. The original text says an attacker could possibly use these problems to compromise the system. The source declares itself a machine translation of feed content, so details should be checked against the official advisory, found by its number USN-8888-1 on the Ubuntu Security portal.

Original source: USN-8888-1: vulnerabilidades no kernel Linux (Azure)

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