CVE-2009-1758

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-1758
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-05-22 11:52:40 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe hypervisor_callback function in Xen, possibly before 3.4.0, as applied to the Linux kernel 2.6.30-rc4, 2.6.18, and probably other versions allows guest user applications to cause a denial of service (kernel oops) of the guest OS by triggering a segmentation fault in "certain address ranges."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.18 All x86_32 All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.30 rc4 x86_32 All
Application Xen Xen 2.0 All All All
Application Xen Xen 3.0.2 All All All
Application Xen Xen 3.0.3 All All All
Application Xen Xen 3.0.4 All All All
Application Xen Xen 3.1.2 All All All
Application Xen Xen 3.1.3 All All All
Application Xen Xen 3.1.4 All All All
Application Xen Xen 3.2 All All All
Application Xen Xen 3.2.0 All All All
Application Xen Xen 3.2.1 All All All
Application Xen Xen 3.2.2 All All All
Application Xen Xen 3.2.3 All All All
Application Xen Xen 3.3.0 All All All
Application Xen Xen All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[Xen-devel] [PATCH] linux/i386: hypervisor_callback adjustments - Xen Source af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.xensource.com Exploit
504 Gateway Time-out af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Xen "hypervisor_callback()" Denial of Service - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
oss-security - CVE Request: XEN local denial of service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Debian update for linux-2.6 - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1809-1 linux-2.6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-09-10Tomas HogerThis issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG. It was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1132.html and https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1106.html .

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