Description
The hypervisor_callback function in Xen, possibly before 3.4.0, as applied to the Linux kernel 2.6.30-rc4, 2.6.18, and probably other versions allows guest user applications to cause a denial of service (kernel oops) of the guest OS by triggering a segmentation fault in "certain address ranges."
Published: 2009-05-22
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1809-1 New Linux 2.6.26 packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-1753 The hypervisor_callback function in Xen, possibly before 3.4.0, as applied to the Linux kernel 2.6.30-rc4, 2.6.18, and probably other versions allows guest user applications to cause a denial of service (kernel oops) of the guest OS by triggering a segmentation fault in "certain address ranges."
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Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Enterprise Linux
Xen Xen
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:27:53.667Z

Reserved: 2009-05-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-1758

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-05-22T11:52:40.627

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-1758

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2009-05-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-1758 - Bugzilla

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