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CVE-2011-2901

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-2901 describes an off-by-one error in the __addr_ok macro within Xen 3.3 and earlier, allowing local 64-bit PV guest administrators to trigger a host crash through specific hypercalls. With a CVSS score of 5.5, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring authenticated access within the adjacent network to achieve a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, indicating a low likelihood of real-world impact.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.5MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
5.1
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
44.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0059 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 314 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-274.3.1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 EUS - Server OnlyFixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-238.31.1.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-2901Moderate

kernel: xen: off-by-one shift in x86_64 __addr_ok()

Aug 30, 2011

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2011-1212.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/55082
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/09/02/2