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CVE-2010-0298

N/A
Published: February 12, 2010 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:15 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelDebian Linux

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%
5.0
Linux Kernel· Linux
95%
2.6.28 ≤ v ≤ 2.6.33

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (7)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/38492
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANNot ApplicableThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1996
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38158
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559091
VDB EntrySignaturex_refsource_OVALBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11335
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0088.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html

CVSS

6.5MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264

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