CVE-2009-1758

Xen < 3.3.1 - Denial of Service via Hypervisor Callback Segmentation Fault

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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."

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35093
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/14/2
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10313
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35298
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34957
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1809

Scores

EPSS 0.0067
EPSS Percentile 71.5%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (14)
xen/xen 2.0
xen/xen 3.0.2
xen/xen 3.0.3
xen/xen 3.0.4
xen/xen 3.1.2
xen/xen 3.1.3
xen/xen 3.1.4
xen/xen 3.2
xen/xen 3.2.0
xen/xen 3.2.1
... and 4 more
Published May 22, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026