Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 28, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-17044
CVE-2017-17044
Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and host OS hang) by leveraging the mishandling of Populate on Demand (PoD) errors.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
9- xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-246.htmlnvdIssue TrackingMitigationPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/102008nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/102129nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1039878nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- support.citrix.com/article/CTX230138nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/105954nvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00003.htmlnvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00021.htmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14nvd
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