CVE-2010-4255 (GCVE-0-2010-4255)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-01-25 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 03:34
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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