CVE-2010-2938
EPSS 0.13%
Description
arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmcs.c in the virtual-machine control structure (VMCS) implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, when an Intel platform without Extended Page Tables (EPT) functionality is used, accesses VMCS fields without verifying hardware support for these fields, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) by requesting a VMCS dump for a fully virtualized Xen guest.
How to fix CVE-2010-2938
To remediate CVE-2010-2938, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/xen—upgrade to 4.0.1-1 or later
Is CVE-2010-2938 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 4.0.1-1