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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."

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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."

Family:
unix
Status:
ACCEPTED
Platform(s):
  • CentOS Linux 4
  • Oracle Linux 4
  • Oracle Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • CentOS Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Class:
vulnerability
Reference(s):
  • CVE-2009-1758
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