CVE-2010-4255

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2010-11-29
IAVA:
2011-A-0147
Bugzilla:
658155: CVE-2010-4255 xen: 64-bit PV xen guest can crash host by accessing hypervisor per-domain memory area

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The fixup_page_fault function in arch/x86/traps.c in Xen 4.0.1 and earlier on 64-bit platforms, when paravirtualization is enabled, does not verify that kernel mode is used to call the handle_gdt_ldt_mapping_fault function, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS BUG_ON) via a crafted memory access.

Find out more about CVE-2010-4255 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 6.1
Base Metrics AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Adjacent Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (kernel) RHSA-2011:0017 2011-01-13

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