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TI-2011-01674 Aliases CVE-2011-1898GHSA-567h-gr95-57mc

Xen 4.1 before 4.1.1 and 4.0 before 4.0.2, when using PCI passthrough on Intel VT-d…

Priority LOW 34CWE-264Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Adjacent network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 4 fixed, 1 without a fix

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

Summary

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."

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00852 58th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Partial Red Hat: 3 advisoriesRed Hat: 4 fixed, 1 without a fix

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 · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xen:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.0VulnerableCitrix
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xen:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.1VulnerableCitrix
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xen:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1.0VulnerableCitrix
  • cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xen:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.0 Vulnerable ·Citrix
  • cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xen:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.1 Vulnerable ·Citrix
  • cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xen:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.0 Vulnerable ·Citrix

Remediation

Red Hat 3 advisories

  • RHSA-2012:0358 Released 2012-03-06 · Red Hat rating Important
    kernel security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.6 server) kernel-2.6.18-238.35.1.el5, kernel-2.6.18-238.35.1.el5.ia64, kernel-PAE-2.6.18-238.35.1.el5 +18
  • RHSA-2011:1479 Released 2011-11-29 · Red Hat rating Important
    kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) kernel-2.6.18-274.12.1.el5, kernel-2.6.18-274.12.1.el5.ia64, kernel-PAE-2.6.18-274.12.1.el5 +18
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) kernel-2.6.18-274.12.1.el5, kernel-PAE-2.6.18-274.12.1.el5, kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-274.12.1.el5 +8
  • RHSA-2011:1189 Released 2011-08-23 · Red Hat rating Important
    kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) kernel-2.6.32-131.12.1.el6, kernel-bootwrapper-2.6.32-131.12.1.el6, kernel-debug-2.6.32-131.12.1.el6 +8

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)Fixed RHSA-2011:1479
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2011:1479
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.6 server)Fixed RHSA-2012:0358
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2011:1189

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2011-1898
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-567h-gr95-57mc

References

Exploit 1

Patch 1

Advisory 4

Other 2

  • TI-2008-04202 xend in Xen 3.0.3 does not properly limit the contents of the /local/domain xenstore… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2011-01402 Multiple integer overflows in tools/libxc/xc_dom_bzimageloader.c in Xen 3.2, 3.3, 4.0… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2008-05424 xend in Xen 3.3.0 does not properly restrict a guest VM's write access within the… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2010-04004 The fixup_page_fault function in arch/x86/traps.c in Xen 4.0.1 and earlier on 64-bit… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2010-03988 The vbd_create function in Xen 3.1.2, when the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.5
  • TI-2010-03996 The do_block_io_op function in (1) drivers/xen/blkback/blkback.c and (2)… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.5
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