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CVE-2013-0228

Published: Mar 1, 2013

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

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Description

The xen_iret function in arch/x86/xen/xen-asm_32.S in the Linux kernel before 3.7.9 on 32-bit Xen paravirt_ops platforms does not properly handle an invalid value in the DS segment register, which allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges via a crafted application.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

vendor-advisory

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http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.9

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vendor-advisory

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vendor-advisory

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vendor-advisory

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vendor-advisory

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http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=13d2b4d11d69a92574a55bfd985cfb0ca77aebdc

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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/13d2b4d11d69a92574a55bfd985cfb0ca77aebdc

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=906309

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[oss-security] 20130213 Xen Security Advisory 42 (CVE-2013-0228) - Linux kernel hits general protection if %ds is corrupt for 32-bit PVOPS.

mailing-list

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vendor-advisory

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