CVE-2018-19965

xen: x86: DoS from attempting to use INVPCID with a non-canonical addresses

Published Dec 8, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 5.6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x allowing 64-bit PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) because #GP[0] can occur after a non-canonical address is passed to the TLB flushing code. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect CVE-2017-5754 (aka Meltdown) mitigation.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4369-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-11635 An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x allowing 64-bit PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) because #GP[0] can occur after a non-canonical address is passed to the TLB flushing code. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect CVE-2017-5754 (aka Meltdown) mitigation.
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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