CVE-2010-0309

CVE-2010-0309 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

The pit_ioport_read function in the Programmable Interval Timer (PIT) emulation in i8254.c in KVM 83 does not properly use the pit_state data structure, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash or hang) by attempting to read the /dev/port file.

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