CVE-2010-4255
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jan 25, 2011
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Nov 16, 2010
Description
The fixup_page_fault function in arch/x86/traps.c in Xen 4.0.1 and earlier on 64-bit platforms, when paravirtualization is enabled, does not verify that kernel mode is used to call the handle_gdt_ldt_mapping_fault function, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS BUG_ON) via a crafted memory access.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- 20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Consolemailing-list
- RHSA-2011:0017vendor-advisory
- 46397third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=658155
- [oss-security] 20101130 CVE request: xen: x86-64: don't crash Xen upon direct pv guest accessmailing-list
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- 42884third-party-advisory
- [xen-devel] 20101129 [PATCH] x86-64: don't crash Xen upon direct pv guest accessmailing-list
- [oss-security] 20101130 Re: CVE request: xen: x86-64: don't crash Xen upon direct pv guest accessmailing-list
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