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CVE-2010-2070
arch/ia64/xen/faults.c in Xen 3.4 and 4.0 in Linux kernel 2.6.18, and possibly other kernel versions, when running on IA-64 architectures,…
Medium4.9EPSS 0.38%
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- redhat
Description
arch/ia64/xen/faults.c in Xen 3.4 and 4.0 in Linux kernel 2.6.18, and possibly other kernel versions, when running on IA-64 architectures, allows local users to cause a denial of service and "turn on BE by modifying the user mask of the PSR," as demonstrated via exploitation of CVE-2006-0742.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.38% · top 68% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- RHSA-2010:0610 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://xenbits.xensource.com/xen-4.0-testing.hg?rev/42caadb14edb (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100611 CVE-2010-2070 kernel-xen: ia64-xen: unset be from the task psr (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 65541 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 40776 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 43315 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- xen-faults-dos(59373) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=586415 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20110211 VMSA-2011-0003 Third party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, ESXi and ESX (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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