CVEvulnerability

CVE-2013-0190

4.9 MEDIUM Published 2013-02-13 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2013-02-13
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

The xen_failsafe_callback function in Xen for the Linux kernel 2.6.23 and other versions, when running a 32-bit PVOPS guest, allows local users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) by triggering an iret fault, leading to use of an incorrect stack pointer and stack corruption.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 2.6.23)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References