CVE-2018-7541

xen: grant table v2 -> v1 transition may crash Xen (XSA-255)

Published Feb 27, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 8.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.10.x allowing guest OS users to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) or gain privileges by triggering a grant-table transition from v2 to v1.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1300-1 xen security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1577-1 xen security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4131-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-19268 An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.10.x allowing guest OS users to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) or gain privileges by triggering a grant-table transition from v2 to v1.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 6:31 AM
Reserved
Feb 27, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 27, 2018, 7:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:03 AM
Severity
Important
Public date
Feb 27, 2018, 12:00 AM