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."
CVE-2011-1898
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 53.8%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
August 12, 2011
Last Modified
April 29, 2026
References (16)
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/062112.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/062139.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00017.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00018.html
- cve@mitrehttp://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2011/05/following-white-rabbit-software-attacks.html
- cve@mitrehttp://www.invisiblethingslab.com/resources/2011/Software%20Attacks%20on%20Intel%20VT-d.pdf
- cve@mitrehttp://xen.1045712.n5.nabble.com/Xen-security-advisory-CVE-2011-1898-VT-d-PCI-passthrough-MSI-td4390298.html
- cve@mitrehttp://xen.org/download/index_4.0.2.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/062112.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/062139.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00017.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00018.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2011/05/following-white-rabbit-software-attacks.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.invisiblethingslab.com/resources/2011/Software%20Attacks%20on%20Intel%20VT-d.pdf
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://xen.1045712.n5.nabble.com/Xen-security-advisory-CVE-2011-1898-VT-d-PCI-passthrough-MSI-td4390298.html
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2011-1898(3)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2012:0358Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2011:1479Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- RHSA-2011:1189Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Patch Availability(3)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | kernel-0:2.6.18-238.35.1.el5 | 2012-03-06 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-0:2.6.18-274.12.1.el5 | 2011-11-29 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6 | 2011-08-23 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
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