CVE-2010-2938

kernel: guest crashes on non-EPT machines may crash the host as well

Published Oct 8, 2010 CVSS 2.0 · 4.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-2942 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 2:55 AM
Reserved
Aug 4, 2010, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 8, 2010, 9:00 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:21 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 29, 2010, 12:00 AM