8 Apr
2014
8 Apr
'14
2:39 p.m.
On Tue, Apr 08, 2014 at 10:11:32AM -0400, James B. Byrne wrote:
Is it possible to use this exploit against a kvm guest to read memory used by the host? In other words: if an exploitable service, say httpd with mod_ssl, is running in guest system 'vm1' hosted on system 'virthost' then what implications does that have with respect to guests vm2 and vm3 and to virthost itself?
As I understand it, no. In fact, the memory read doesn't even cross normal *memory protections within* the VM -- this is not a kernel exploit.
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