CVE-2018-19961

xen: insufficient TLB flushing / improper large page mappings with AMD IOMMUs

Published Dec 8, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x on AMD x86 platforms, possibly allowing guest OS users to gain host OS privileges because TLB flushes do not always occur after IOMMU mapping changes.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1949-1 xen security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4369-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-11631 An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x on AMD x86 platforms, possibly allowing guest OS users to gain host OS privileges because TLB flushes do not always occur after IOMMU mapping changes.
History

No history.

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 11:51 AM
Reserved
Dec 7, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 8, 2018, 4:29 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:50 AM
Severity
Important
Public date
Nov 20, 2018, 12:00 PM