CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-19961

Incomplete Cleanup

Published: Dec 08, 2018 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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 TLB flushes do not always occur after IOMMU mapping changes.

Weakness

The product does not properly “clean up” and remove temporary or supporting resources after they have been used.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Xen Xen * 4.11.1 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References