Description
The x86 emulator in KVM 83, when a guest is configured for Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP), does not use the Current Privilege Level (CPL) and I/O Privilege Level (IOPL) to restrict instruction execution, 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, and replacing an instruction in between emulator entry and instruction fetch, a related issue to CVE-2010-0298.
Metrics
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38492Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38499Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1996
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38158
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=560654
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10953
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0088.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38492Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38499Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1996
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38158
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=560654
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10953
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0088.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html
Timeline
- Published
- Feb 12, 2010
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified