Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 8, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2019-17351

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.

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Affected products

Linux/Kernel2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <5.2.3
- (no CPE)range: <5.2.3
Xen/Xen2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=4.12.1
- (no CPE)range: <=4.12.x
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References

github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6ef36ab967c71690ebe7e5ef997a8be4da3bc844nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.2.3nvdThird Party Advisory
xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-300.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/25/9nvd
xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-300.htmlnvd
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005/nvd
usn.ubuntu.com/4286-1/nvd
usn.ubuntu.com/4286-2/nvd

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