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."
Published: 2011-08-12
Score: 7.4 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2337-1 xen security update
EUVD 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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Citrix Xen
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Eus
cve-icon MITRE

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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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2011-08-12T18:55:00.870

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-1898

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2011-04-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-1898 - Bugzilla

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