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.
Published: 2010-10-08
Score: 4.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Action: n/a
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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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Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T02:55:45.503Z

Reserved: 2010-08-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-2938

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-10-08T21:00:02.190

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-2938

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2010-09-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-2938 - Bugzilla

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