DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1898

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2011-1898
Downstream
DSA-2337-1
Published: 12 Aug 2011, 18:55
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:06

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

12 Aug 2011, 18:55
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:06
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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."

Affected Systems

  • debian•xen

    < 4.1.1-1 | < 4.1.1-1 | < 4.1.1-1 | < 4.1.1-1

References (1)