Access Restriction Bypass Affecting kernel-uek-debug package, versions <0:2.6.32-200.19.1.el5uek
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- published 10 Apr 2022
- disclosed 12 Aug 2011
Introduced: 12 Aug 2011
CVE-2011-1898 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Oracle:5 kernel-uek-debug to version 0:2.6.32-200.19.1.el5uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2011-2025.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-debug package and not the kernel-uek-debug package as distributed by Oracle.
See How to fix? for Oracle:5 relevant fixed versions and status.
Xen 4.1 before 4.1.1 and 4.0 before 4.0.2, when using PCI passthrough on Intel VT-d chipsets that do not have interrupt remapping, allows guest OS users to gain host OS privileges by "using DMA to generate MSI interrupts by writing to the interrupt injection registers."
References
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2011-1898.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-1189.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/062112.html
- http://www.invisiblethingslab.com/resources/2011/Software%20Attacks%20on%20Intel%20VT-d.pdf
- http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2011/05/following-white-rabbit-software-attacks.html
- http://xen.1045712.n5.nabble.com/Xen-security-advisory-CVE-2011-1898-VT-d-PCI-passthrough-MSI-td4390298.html
- http://xen.org/download/index_4.0.2.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/062139.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00017.html