Skip to main content
VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: qemu-kvm-rhev security update

Affects Red Hat qemu-kvm-rhevSource GCVE Database

0

Mentioned vulnerabilities

Severity
High

Rated by Threat Radar

Data as of 14 Nov 2026, 17:46 UTC

What to do

AI-suggested

Red Hat has issued a security update for qemu-kvm-rhev to mitigate CVE-2017-5715. Users should apply the official Red Hat security update to protect against this vulnerability. Patch status is not explicitly stated in the input, so verify with Red Hat advisories for the exact fixed versions and update instructions.

Description

The Red Hat qemu-kvm-rhev package was updated to address a speculative execution vulnerability known as CVE-2017-5715, part of the industry-wide Spectre variant 2 issue. This flaw allows an unprivileged attacker to potentially read privileged memory by exploiting branch target injection and cache side-channel attacks across syscall and guest/host boundaries. The update mitigates this vulnerability on the qemu-kvm-rhev side. No public exploits or cloud service implications are reported.

References

Community reviews

Loading reviews…