Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2010-0298
The x86 emulator in KVM 83 does not use the Current Privilege Level (CPL) and I/O Privilege Level (IOPL) in determining the memory access available to CPL3 code, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) or gain privileges on the guest OS by leveraging access to a (1) IO port or (2) MMIO region, a related issue to CVE-2010-0306.
EPSS: 0.024 (82.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Linux Linux_kernel
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 5.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Not Applicable, third-party-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, Not Applicable)
- secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, Broken Link)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking)
- secalert@redhat.com (Broken Link, x_refsource_OVAL, signature, vdb-entry)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)