Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2007-5498
The Xen hypervisor block backend driver for Linux kernel 2.6.18, when running on a 64-bit host with a 32-bit paravirtualized guest, allows local privileged users in the guest OS to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via a request that specifies a large number of blocks.
EPSS: 0.003 (26.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 2.6.18
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert@redhat.com (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)
- secalert@redhat.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)