High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 18, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-15594
CVE-2017-15594
Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing x86 SVM PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) or gain privileges because IDT settings are mishandled during CPU hotplugging.
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Affected products
15- osv-coords13 versionspkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%206
< 4.7.3_06-43.15.1+ 12 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.3_06-43.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.5_21-45.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.5_21-45.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_24-61.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.5_18-22.31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.3_06-43.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_24-22.54.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_24-61.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.5_18-22.31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.3_06-43.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_24-61.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.3_06-43.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.5_18-22.31.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-244.htmlnvdMitigationPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1039568nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00021.htmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14nvd
- support.citrix.com/article/CTX228867nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4050nvd
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