Description
Xen 4.1 before 4.1.1 and 4.0 before 4.0.2, when using PCI passthrough on Intel VT-d chipsets that do not have interrupt remapping, allows guest OS users to gain host OS privileges by "using DMA to generate MSI interrupts by writing to the interrupt injection registers."
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DSA |
DSA-2337-1 | xen security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2011-1896 | Xen 4.1 before 4.1.1 and 4.0 before 4.0.2, when using PCI passthrough on Intel VT-d chipsets that do not have interrupt remapping, allows guest OS users to gain host OS privileges by "using DMA to generate MSI interrupts by writing to the interrupt injection registers." |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T22:46:00.183Z
Reserved: 2011-05-04T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2011-1898
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Status : Modified
Published: 2011-08-12T18:55:00.870
Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040
Link: CVE-2011-1898
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Debian DSA
EUVD