CVE-2011-2519

Xen < 3.3.0 - Denial of Service via SAHF Instruction

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Xen in the Linux kernel, when running a guest on a host without hardware assisted paging (HAP), allows guest users to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and hypervisor crash) via the SAHF instruction.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/30/1
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1212.html
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718882
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://xenbits.xen.org/hg/xen-3.1-testing.hg/rev/15644

Scores

EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 33.2%

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (4)
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 5.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 5.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_workstation 5.0
xen/xen < 3.3.0
Published Dec 27, 2013
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026