CVE-2011-2519

CVE Details

Release Date:	2011-08-30
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

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.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	5.2
Vector String:	AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	Single
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