fkie_cve-2007-5498
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2008-05-08 00:20
Modified
2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
The Xen hypervisor block backend driver for Linux kernel 2.6.18, when running on a 64-bit host with a 32-bit paravirtualized guest, allows local privileged users in the guest OS to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via a request that specifies a large number of blocks.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.18 |
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