CVE-2010-4255

Name	CVE-2010-4255
Description	The fixup_page_fault function in arch/x86/traps.c in Xen 4.0.1 and earlier on 64-bit platforms, when paravirtualization is enabled, does not verify that kernel mode is used to call the handle_gdt_ldt_mapping_fault function, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS BUG_ON) via a crafted memory access.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	609531

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
xen (PTS)	jessie, jessie (lts)	4.4.4lts5-0+deb8u1	fixed
	stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch	4.8.5.final+shim4.10.4-1+deb9u12	fixed
	buster (security), buster, buster (lts)	4.11.4+107-gef32c7afa2-1	fixed
	bullseye	4.14.6-1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	4.14.5+94-ge49571868d-1	fixed
	bookworm	4.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1~deb12u1	fixed
	sid, trixie	4.17.3+36-g54dacb5c02-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
xen	source	(unstable)	4.0.1-2			609531