CVE - CVE-2010-2938

CVE-ID
CVE-2010-2938	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Console URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded MISC:43578 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43578 MISC:46397 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 MISC:RHSA-2010:0723 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0723.html MISC:http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100113326 URL:http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100113326 MISC:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html URL:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html MISC:http://xenbits.xensource.com/xen-unstable.hg?rev/15911 URL:http://xenbits.xensource.com/xen-unstable.hg?rev/15911 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620490 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620490
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20100804	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20100804)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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