Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 12, 2010· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2010-0298
CVE-2010-0298
Description
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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References
7- www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1996nvdNot ApplicableThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/38158nvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0088.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/38492nvdNot Applicable
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11335nvdBroken Link
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