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CVE-2009-1758

Published: May 22, 2009 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
4.9 MODERATE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1758
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/399.html

The 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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.18 (including)2.6.18 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.30-rc4 (including)2.6.30-rc4 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatkernel-0:2.6.9-89.0.3.EL*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatkernel-0:2.6.18-128.1.14.el5*
XenUbuntudapper*
Xen-3.1Ubuntuhardy*
Xen-3.1Ubuntuintrepid*
Xen-3.2Ubuntuhardy*
Xen-3.3Ubuntuintrepid*
Xen-3.3Ubuntujaunty*
Xen-3.3Ubuntukarmic*
Xen-3.3Ubuntulucid*
Xen-3.3Ubuntumaverick*
Xen-3.3Ubuntunatty*

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