Vulnerability Report

CVE-2010-3698

Title: Linux Linux Kernel Denial of Service (DoS)

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2010-3698.

CWE Category CWE-400

Published Date Nov 26, 2010

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.9 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.42%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2010-3698: The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not properly reload the FS and GS segment registers, which allows host OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via a KVM_RUN ioctl call in conjunction with a modified Local Descriptor Table (LDT).

Impacted Vendors

Reference Links

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9581d442b9058d3699b4be568b6e5eae38a41493 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html http://secunia.com/advisories/42745 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0898.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44500 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3123 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639879 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9581d442b9058d3699b4be568b6e5eae38a41493 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html http://secunia.com/advisories/42745 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0898.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44500 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3123 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639879

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.9

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2010-3698 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

November 26, 2010 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.