CVE-2010-0419
Medium
Description
The x86 emulator in KVM 83, when a guest is configured for Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP), does not properly restrict writing of segment selectors to segment registers, which might allow 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, and replacing an instruction in between emulator entry and instruction fetch.
SeverityMedium
CVSS4.4
Exploit probability—
ProductKvm
PublishedMar 5, 2010
First seenMar 5, 2010
How to fix
Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| kvm_qumranet kvm | 83 | — |
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