CVE-2018-19967

xen: guest use of HLE constructs may lock up host

Published Dec 8, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x on Intel x86 platforms allowing guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS hang) because Xen does not work around Intel's mishandling of certain HLE transactions associated with the KACQUIRE instruction prefix.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4369-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-11637 An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x on Intel x86 platforms allowing guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS hang) because Xen does not work around Intel's mishandling of certain HLE transactions associated with the KACQUIRE instruction prefix.
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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
Moderate
Public date
Nov 6, 2018, 12:00 AM