CVE-2017-12134
highpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.005 · 42 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The xen_biovec_phys_mergeable function in drivers/xen/biomerge.c in Xen might allow local OS guest users to corrupt block device data streams and consequently obtain sensitive memory information, cause a denial of service, or gain host OS privileges by leveraging incorrect block IO merge-ability calculation.
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affected products (15)
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references (30)
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/15/4cnnvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039176cnnvd
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-229.htmlcnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1477656cnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14cnnvd
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX225941cnnvd
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-1/cnnvd
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-2/cnnvd
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