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CVE-2013-0228

CVE-2013-0228

EPSS 0.4%
The xen_iret function in arch/x86/xen/xen-asm_32.S in the Linux kernel before 3.7.9 on 32-bit Xen paravirt_ops platforms does not properly handle an invalid value in the DS segment register, which allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges via a crafted application.
Affected products
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References
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=13d2b4d11d69a92574a55bfd985cfb0ca77aebdchttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=906309https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/13d2b4d11d69a92574a55bfd985cfb0ca77aebdchttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.9http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/13/10http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1795-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1796-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1797-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1805-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1808-1