CVE-2011-2519 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2011-2519

Xen in the Linux kernel, when running a guest on...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

xen, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux workstation
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 5.0

Timeline

Official Publish: December 27th, 2013
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.