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CVE-2010-0298

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Published: Feb 12, 2010Modified: Apr 29, 2026

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6.5
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Exploitability: 8.0 / Impact: 6.4
Source: NVD

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 (2)

1 product
Linux Kernel
1 product
Debian Linux
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
From 2.6.28 to 2.6.33
Configuration B
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Version 5.0

Related CWEs

References (14)

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Not Applicable
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Not ApplicableThird Party Advisory
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue Tracking
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Not Applicable
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Not ApplicableThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

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