Red Hat Security Advisory: qemu-kvm-rhev security update
Affects Red Hat qemu-kvm-rhevSource GCVE Database
Mentioned vulnerabilities
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
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0057 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/speculativeexecution (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/solutions/3307851 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5715 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1519780 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1525504 (opens in a new tab)
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2018/rhsa-2018_0057.json (opens in a new tab)