medium5.5
CVE-2011-2519
Xen in the Linux kernel, when running a guest on a host without hardware assisted paging (HAP), allows guest users to cause a denial of service (invalid pointe…
Impact
Xen in the Linux kernel, when running a guest on a host without hardware assisted paging (HAP), allows guest users to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and hypervisor crash) via the SAHF instruction.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Xen | Xen | before 3.3.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Desktop | Version 5.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server | Version 5.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Workstation | Version 5.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1212.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/30/1
- http://xenbits.xen.org/hg/xen-3.1-testing.hg/rev/15644
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718882
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1212.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/30/1
- http://xenbits.xen.org/hg/xen-3.1-testing.hg/rev/15644
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718882