CVE-2010-0298

NameCVE-2010-0298
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1996-1, DSA-2010-1

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
kvmsourcelenny72+dfsg-5~lenny5DSA-2010-1
kvmsource(unstable)(unfixed)
linux-2.6sourceetch(not affected)
linux-2.6sourcelenny2.6.26-21lenny3DSA-1996-1
linux-2.6source(unstable)2.6.32-8
linux-2.6.24source(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

[etch] - linux-2.6 <not-affected> (kvm introduced in 2.6.25)
- linux-2.6.24 <not-affected> (kvm introduced in 2.6.25)

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