CVE-2010-0419
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Mar 5, 2010
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 27, 2010
Description
The x86 emulator in KVM 83, when a guest is configured for Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP), does not properly restrict writing of segment selectors to segment registers, which might allow guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) or gain privileges on the guest OS by leveraging access to a (1) IO port or (2) MMIO region, and replacing an instruction in between emulator entry and instruction fetch.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 38467vdb-entry
- kernel-selectors-privilege-escalation(56662)vdb-entry
- RHSA-2010:0126vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=563463
- 1023663vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10139vdb-entrysignature
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