Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x. Grant copying code made an implication that any grant pin would be accompanied by a suitable page reference. Other portions of code, however, did not match up with that assumption. When such a grant copy operation is being done on a grant of a dying domain, the assumption turns out wrong. A malicious guest administrator can cause hypervisor memory corruption, most likely resulting in host crash and a Denial of Service. Privilege escalation and information leaks cannot be ruled out.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DLA |
DLA-1549-1 | xen security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-4050-1 | xen security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2017-7049 | An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x. Grant copying code made an implication that any grant pin would be accompanied by a suitable page reference. Other portions of code, however, did not match up with that assumption. When such a grant copy operation is being done on a grant of a dying domain, the assumption turns out wrong. A malicious guest administrator can cause hypervisor memory corruption, most likely resulting in host crash and a Denial of Service. Privilege escalation and information leaks cannot be ruled out. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T19:57:27.292Z
Reserved: 2017-10-18T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2017-15597
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Status : Modified
Published: 2017-10-30T14:29:00.847
Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033
Link: CVE-2017-15597
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Debian DLA
Debian DSA
EUVD