Critical severity9.1NVD Advisory· Published Oct 30, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-15597
CVE-2017-15597
Description
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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Affected products
19- osv-coords17 versionspkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg: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%20SP3pkg: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%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg: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%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%206
< 4.7.4_02-43.21.1+ 16 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.4_02-43.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.1_02-3.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.5_21-45.16.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.5_21-45.16.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_26-61.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.5_20-22.36.3
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.4_02-43.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.1_02-3.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_26-22.59.3
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_26-61.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.5_20-22.36.3
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.4_02-43.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.1_02-3.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_26-61.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.4_02-43.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.1_02-3.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.5_20-22.36.3
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-236.htmlnvdIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/24/3nvdIssue TrackingMailing ListMitigationThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/101564nvdIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1039653nvdIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- support.citrix.com/article/CTX229057nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00009.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4050nvd
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