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TI-2010-00285 Aliases CVE-2010-0298GHSA-h7hj-hjcj-pwpj

The x86 emulator in KVM 83 does not use the Current Privilege Level (CPL) and I/O…

Priority LOW 33CWE-264Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-264.

Summary

The x86 emulator in KVM 83 does not use the Current Privilege Level (CPL) and I/O Privilege Level (IOPL) in determining the memory access available to CPL3 code, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) or gain privileges on the guest OS by leveraging access to a (1) IO port or (2) MMIO region, a related issue to CVE-2010-0306.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02416 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.6.28 – 2.6.33VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.6.28 – 2.6.33 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2010:0095 Released 2010-02-09 · Red Hat rating Important
    rhev-hypervisor security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor 5 rhev-hypervisor-5.4-2.1.8.el5_4rhev2_1, rhev-hypervisor-pxe-5.4-2.1.8.el5_4rhev2_1
  • RHSA-2010:0088 Released 2010-02-09 · Red Hat rating Important
    kvm security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client) kmod-kvm-83-105.el5_4.22, kvm-83-105.el5_4.22, kvm-qemu-img-83-105.el5_4.22 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server) kmod-kvm-83-105.el5_4.22, kvm-83-105.el5_4.22, kvm-qemu-img-83-105.el5_4.22 +1

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2010:0088
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)Fixed RHSA-2010:0088
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor 5Fixed RHSA-2010:0095

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2010-0298
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h7hj-hjcj-pwpj

References

Advisory 3

Other 2

Sources

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