CVE-2010-0309

Summary

CVECVE-2010-0309
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-02-12 19:30:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 04:15:00 UTC
DescriptionThe pit_ioport_read function in the Programmable Interval Timer (PIT) emulation in i8254.c in KVM 83 does not properly use the pit_state data structure, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash or hang) by attempting to read the /dev/port file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-16

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Linux Kernel All All All All
Application Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
KVM: PIT: control word is write-only MISC www.mail-archive.com
Linux Kernel KVM Multiple Privilege Escalation and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - CVE request - kvm: cat /dev/port in the guest can cause host DoS MLIST www.openwall.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Ubuntu update for linux and linux-source-2.6.15 - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Webmail- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
USN-914-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request - kvm: cat /dev/port in the guest can cause host DoS MLIST www.openwall.com
KVM: PIT: control word is write-only MLIST www.mail-archive.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Bug 560887 – CVE-2010-0309 kvm: cat /dev/port in guest cause the host hang CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
Debian update for linux-2.6 - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1996-1 linux-2.6 DEBIAN www.debian.org
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
  • 901407 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (6509-1)
  • 903479 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (2697)
  • 906204 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (2697-1)
  • 906318 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (6509-2)
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