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CVE-2007-5498

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.9 Published: 2008-05-08 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The Xen hypervisor block backend driver for Linux kernel 2.6.18, when running on a 64-bit host with a 32-bit paravirtualized guest, allows local privileged users in the guest OS to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via a request that specifies a large number of blocks.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-399

References