CVE-2013-1918

kernel: xen: Several long latency operations are not preemptible

Published May 13, 2013 CVSS 2.0 · 4.7 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Certain page table manipulation operations in Xen 4.1.x, 4.2.x, and earlier are not preemptible, which allows local PV kernels to cause a denial of service via vectors related to "deep page table traversal."

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2666-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-1912 Certain page table manipulation operations in Xen 4.1.x, 4.2.x, and earlier are not preemptible, which allows local PV kernels to cause a denial of service via vectors related to "deep page table traversal."
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 3:20 PM
Reserved
Feb 19, 2013, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 13, 2013, 11:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:52 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
May 2, 2013, 12:00 AM