CVE-2017-8904

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    CVE-2017-8904

    Published: 11 May 2017Last Modified: 15 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Xen through 4.8.x mishandles the "contains segment descriptors" property during GNTTABOP_transfer (aka guest transfer) operations, which might allow PV guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS, aka XSA-214.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98428, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038387, https://blog.xenproject.org/2017/05/02/updates-on-xsa-213-xsa-214-and-xsa-215/, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-11, https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-214.html

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    Availability
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