The x86 emulator in KVM 83 does not use the Current Privilege Level (CPL) and I/O Privilege Level (IOPL) in determining the memory access available to CPL3 code, 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, a related issue to CVE-2010-0306.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2010-02-12T19:00:00

Updated: 2017-09-18T12:57:01

Reserved: 2010-01-12T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2010-0298

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2010-02-12T19:30:00.550

Modified: 2024-06-27T19:17:53.207


Link: CVE-2010-0298

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