CVE-2017-10914 Race condition in n/a
A race condition in Xen's grant-table feature allows guest users to cause denial of service or potentially gain privileges via a double free.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-10914?
CVE-2017-10914 is a high-severity vulnerability in Xen Xen, published on 5 Jul 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The grant-table feature in Xen through 4.8.x has a race condition leading to a double free, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), or possibly obtain sensitive information or gain privileges, aka XSA-218 bug 2.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-10914?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Xen Xen.
How do I fix CVE-2017-10914?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2017-10914 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-10914 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Xen Xen
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2017-10914, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-10914, GHSA-85cx-p9qx-35jm, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10914.