CVE-2018-19962

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 small IOMMU mappings are unsafely combined into larger ones.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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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-2018-11632 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 small IOMMU mappings are unsafely combined into larger ones.
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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