Name: CVE-2019-17342: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2019-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2019-17342, CWE-362, CVSS 7, EPSS 0.00258

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges by leveraging a race condition that arose when XENMEM_exchange was introduced.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade xen	Oct 10, 2019	Oct 8, 2019
Redhat_linux	—	No solution exists	Jul 9, 2025	Oct 8, 2019
Suse	—	Upgrade xen-tools-domUUpgrade xen-kmp-defaultUpgrade xenUpgrade xen-doc-htmlUpgrade xen-develUpgrade xen-toolsUpgrade xen-libs-32bitUpgrade xen-libsUpgrade xen-kmp-pae	Oct 24, 2019	Oct 8, 2019
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Oct 8, 2019

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