Description
The x86 emulator in KVM 83 does not use the Current Privilege Level (CPL) and I/O Privilege Level (IOPL) in determining the memory access available to CPL3 code, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) or gain privileges on the guest OS by leveraging access to a (1) IO port or (2) MMIO region, a related issue to CVE-2010-0306.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DSA |
DSA-1996-1 | New Linux 2.6.26 packages fix several vulnerabilities |
Debian DSA |
DSA-2010-1 | New kvm packages fix several vulnerabilities |
EUVD |
EUVD-2010-0329 | The x86 emulator in KVM 83 does not use the Current Privilege Level (CPL) and I/O Privilege Level (IOPL) in determining the memory access available to CPL3 code, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) or gain privileges on the guest OS by leveraging access to a (1) IO port or (2) MMIO region, a related issue to CVE-2010-0306. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-947-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T00:45:12.011Z
Reserved: 2010-01-12T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2010-0298
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Status : Modified
Published: 2010-02-12T19:30:00.550
Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040
Link: CVE-2010-0298
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN