CVE-2010-0298

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-0298
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-02-12 19:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1996-1 linux-2.6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
559091 – (CVE-2010-0298) CVE-2010-0298 kvm: emulator privilege escalation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link
Debian update for linux-2.6 - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Linux Kernel KVM Multiple Privilege Escalation and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 900101 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.52.1
  • 900303 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.57.1
  • 900321 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.60.1
  • 900875 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (6514-1)
  • 903690 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3481)
  • 906233 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3481-1)
  • 906400 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (6514-2)
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