CVE-2010-3698
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not properly reload the FS and GS segment registers, which allows host OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via a KVM_RUN ioctl call in conjunction with a modified Local Descriptor Table (LDT).
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-400
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (37th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-3682)
- Published
- November 26, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-3682 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- fedoraproject / fedora
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9581d442b9058d3699b4be568b6e5eae38a41493
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42745(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36(Broken Link)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0898.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44500(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3123(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321(Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639879(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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