CVE-2010-2938

CVE Details

Release Date:	2010-10-08
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmcs.c in the virtual-machine control structure (VMCS) implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, when an Intel platform without Extended Page Tables (EPT) functionality is used, accesses VMCS fields without verifying hardware support for these fields, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) by requesting a VMCS dump for a fully virtualized Xen guest.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.9
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2010-0723	2010-09-29
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-194.17.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2010-0723	2010-09-29
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-194.17.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2010-0723	2010-09-29