CVE-2017-17045

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing HVM guest OS users to gain privileges on the host OS, obtain sensitive information, or cause a denial of service (BUG and host OS crash) by leveraging the mishandling of Populate on Demand (PoD) Physical-to-Machine (P2M) errors.

• CWE-416

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102013Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102129Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039879Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00003.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00021.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14
• https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX230138Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-247.htmlIssue Tracking, Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102013Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102129Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039879Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00003.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00021.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14
• https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX230138Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-247.htmlIssue Tracking, Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory

Published

Nov 28, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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