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CVE-2019-17351

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Published: Oct 8, 2019Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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6.5
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 2.0 / Impact: 4.0
Source: NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in drivers/xen/balloon.c in the Linux kernel before 5.2.3, as used in Xen through 4.12.x, allowing guest OS users to cause a denial of service because of unrestricted resource consumption during the mapping of guest memory, aka CID-6ef36ab967c7.

Affected (2)

Products: Xen: Xen · Linux: Linux Kernel
Xen
1 product
Xen
Linux
1 product
Linux Kernel
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Xen
Up to 4.12.1
Configuration B
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Linux Kernel
Before 5.2.3

Related CWEs

CWE-770
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.

References (16)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

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