CVE-2010-2938
arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmcs.c in the virtual-machine control structure (VMCS) implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, when an Intel platform without Extended Page Tables (EPT) functionality is used, accesses VMCS fields without verifying hardware support for these fields, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) by requesting a VMCS dump for a fully virtualized Xen guest.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (28th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-2942)
- Published
- October 8, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-2942 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- redhat / enterprise linux
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100113326
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0723.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43578
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- http://xenbits.xensource.com/xen-unstable.hg?rev/15911
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620490
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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