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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Published : 2017-10-30 14:29
Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37
NVD link : CVE-2017-15597
Mitre link : CVE-2017-15597
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-15597
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Products Affected
xen
- xen