CVE-2017-8903 | BDVDB-2026-85279 Detail

Description#

Xen through 4.8.x on 64-bit platforms mishandles page tables after an IRET hypercall, which might allow PV guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS, aka XSA-213.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-11
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038386
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-213.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98426
https://blog.xenproject.org/2017/05/02/updates-on-xsa-213-xsa-214-and-xsa-215/

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12017-05-11Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-05Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.