CVE-2011-2519

Summary

Xen in the Linux kernel, when running a guest on a host without hardware assisted paging (HAP), allows guest users to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and hypervisor crash) via the SAHF instruction.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/30/1
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1212.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718882
• http://xenbits.xen.org/hg/xen-3.1-testing.hg/rev/15644

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/30/1
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1212.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718882
• http://xenbits.xen.org/hg/xen-3.1-testing.hg/rev/15644

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