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CVE-2010-0309

Published: Feb 12, 2010 | Modified: Feb 13, 2023
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
4.9 MODERATE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0309
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/16.html

The 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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Kernel Linux * *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 RedHat kvm-0:83-105.el5_4.22 *
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for RHEL-5 RedHat rhev-hypervisor-0:5.4-2.1.8.el5_4rhev2_1 *
Kvm Ubuntu hardy *
Kvm Ubuntu intrepid *
Kvm Ubuntu jaunty *
Kvm Ubuntu upstream *
Linux Ubuntu hardy *
Linux Ubuntu intrepid *
Linux Ubuntu jaunty *
Linux Ubuntu karmic *
Linux Ubuntu upstream *
Linux-ec2 Ubuntu karmic *
Linux-ec2 Ubuntu maverick *
Linux-ec2 Ubuntu upstream *
Linux-fsl-imx51 Ubuntu karmic *
Linux-lts-backport-maverick Ubuntu upstream *
Linux-mvl-dove Ubuntu karmic *

References

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