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Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 2607-1] qemu-kvm security update

From: Florian Weimer <fw () deneb enyo de>
Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2013 15:49:50 +0200

* jason:

Could this be exploitable from within the guest vm?  Eg could I execute
commands on the hypervisor host as root by generating a malicious packet to
attack the e1000 driver from within the guest?


Yes, but at this point, you could directly patch the guest memory, so
it's not a real attack.

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