CVE-2013-0228: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 6.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The xen_iret function in arch/x86/xen/xen-asm_32.S in the Linux kernel before 3.7.9 on 32-bit Xen paravirt_ops platforms does not properly handle an invalid value in the DS segment register, which allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges via a crafted application.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 3.7.8; version 3.0 only; version 3.0.1 only; version 3.0.2 only; version 3.0.3 only; version 3.0.4 only; …

Published 2013-03-01. Last modified 2026-06-16.