CVE-2009-1758 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2009-1758

The hypervisor_callback function in Xen, possibly before 3.4.0, as applied...

Vulnerability Description

The hypervisor_callback function in Xen, possibly before 3.4.0, as applied to the Linux kernel 2.6.30-rc4, 2.6.18, and probably other versions allows guest user applications to cause a denial of service (kernel oops) of the guest OS by triggering a segmentation fault in "certain address ranges."

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

xen
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 2.0, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.1.4, 3.2, 3.2.0, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3, 3.3.0

Timeline

Official Publish: May 22nd, 2009
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.