High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 24, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-12136
CVE-2017-12136
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.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
8- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/15/3nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-228.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- support.citrix.com/article/CTX225941nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3969nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/100346nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1039175nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14nvdThird Party Advisory
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