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CVE-2010-2070 (GCVE-0-2010-2070)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-06-16 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 02:17
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Summary
arch/ia64/xen/faults.c in Xen 3.4 and 4.0 in Linux kernel 2.6.18, and possibly other kernel versions, when running on IA-64 architectures, allows local users to cause a denial of service and "turn on BE by modifying the user mask of the PSR," as demonstrated via exploitation of CVE-2006-0742.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
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2010-06-11 00:00
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