CVE-2010-0730

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel version 2.6.18 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5

Description The issue allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service, specifically a 32-bit guest OS crash, by exploiting the MMIO instruction decoder in the Xen hypervisor. This is achieved through vectors that trigger an unspecified instruction emulation.

Recommendations For Linux kernel version 2.6.18 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, consider applying a patch or update that addresses the MMIO instruction decoder issue in the Xen hypervisor to prevent guest OS users from causing a denial of service. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.