CVE-2019-17351
MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 8, 2019 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:23 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelXen
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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 5.2.3
Affected range stops below 5.2.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/25/9x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.2.3x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6ef36ab967c71690ebe7e5ef997a8be4da3bc844x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005/x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-300.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- CHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-770
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