CVE-2011-1898

High

Description

Xen 4.1 before 4.1.1 and 4.0 before 4.0.2, when using PCI passthrough on Intel VT-d chipsets that do not have interrupt remapping, allows guest OS users to gain host OS privileges by "using DMA to generate MSI interrupts by writing to the interrupt injection registers."

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.4
Exploit probability—
ProductCitrix Xen
PublishedAug 12, 2011
First seenAug 12, 2011

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
citrix xen4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.1.0—

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CVE-2011-1898 · Citrix Xen · Dark Radar