CVE-2010-2070

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-06-16 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Xensource Xen: 3.4.0, 4.0.0

References

http://osvdb.org/65541
http://secunia.com/advisories/43315
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/10/2
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0610.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40776
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
http://xenbits.xensource.com/xen-4.0-testing.hg?rev/42caadb14edb
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=586415
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59373
http://osvdb.org/65541
http://secunia.com/advisories/43315

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