CVE-2010-2938

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…

published October 8, 2010

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
26.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00346 · 26.7th percentile
Published
2010-10-08T20:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 08 OCT 20:00Z
    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…
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