Upstream information

CVE-2010-4255 at MITRE

Description

The fixup_page_fault function in arch/x86/traps.c in Xen 4.0.1 and earlier on 64-bit platforms, when paravirtualization is enabled, does not verify that kernel mode is used to call the handle_gdt_ldt_mapping_fault function, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS BUG_ON) via a crafted memory access.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 6.1
Vector AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Adjacent Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 656245 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

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Status of this issue by product and package

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Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 vm-install Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 vm-install Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS vm-install Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 vm-install Released


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 17:56:42 2013
CVE page last modified: Tue Jan 17 11:55:59 2023