CVE-2017-12136

N/A
Published: August 24, 2017 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:02 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxXenXenServer

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

Race condition in the grant table code in Xen 4.6.x through 4.9.x allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (free list corruption and host crash) or gain privileges on the host via vectors involving maptrack free list handling.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (8)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3969
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/15/3
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100346
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039175
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-228.html
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1477651
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX225941

CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362

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