CVE-2011-2519

CVE Details

Release Date:

2011-08-30

Description

Xen in the Linux kernel, when running a guest on a host without hardware assisted paging (HAP), allows guest users to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and hypervisor crash) via the SAHF instruction.

See more information about CVE-2011-2519 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5.2	Base Metrics:	AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector:	Adjacent network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	Requires single instance	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2011-1212	2011-09-07
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-274.3.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2011-1212	2011-09-07
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-274.3.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2011-1212	2011-09-07

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