Article 5KNYP Linux Formerly Affected By An AMD KVM Guest-To-Host Breakout Code Vulnerability

Linux Formerly Affected By An AMD KVM Guest-To-Host Breakout Code Vulnerability

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AMD-specific code within Linux's KVM virtualization component previously could allow a KVM guest to breakout into the host. This bug persisted in the Linux kernel from late 2020 to March 2021 before being addressed and is the first known issue of such a guest-to-host breakout that didn't also depend upon bugs within user-space components...
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