CVE-2019-19581

xen: bit iteration mishandling allows Arm guest OS users to cause a DoS

Published Dec 11, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.12.x allowing 32-bit Arm guest OS users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access) because certain bit iteration is mishandled. In a number of places bitmaps are being used by the hypervisor to track certain state. Iteration over all bits involves functions which may misbehave in certain corner cases: On 32-bit Arm accesses to bitmaps with bit a count which is a multiple of 32, an out of bounds access may occur. A malicious guest may cause a hypervisor crash or hang, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS). All versions of Xen are vulnerable. 32-bit Arm systems are vulnerable. 64-bit Arm systems are not vulnerable.

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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4602-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-9198 An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.12.x allowing 32-bit Arm guest OS users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access) because certain bit iteration is mishandled. In a number of places bitmaps are being used by the hypervisor to track certain state. Iteration over all bits involves functions which may misbehave in certain corner cases: On 32-bit Arm accesses to bitmaps with bit a count which is a multiple of 32, an out of bounds access may occur. A malicious guest may cause a hypervisor crash or hang, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS). All versions of Xen are vulnerable. 32-bit Arm systems are vulnerable. 64-bit Arm systems are not vulnerable.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 2:16 AM
Reserved
Dec 4, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 11, 2019, 6:16 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:26 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Feb 10, 2020, 12:00 AM