ghsa-c46p-g2h9-xcvx
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:42
Modified
2025-04-20 03:43
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

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": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-12134"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-682"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-08-24T14:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-c46p-g2h9-xcvx",
  "modified": "2025-04-20T03:43:46Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:42:37Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12134"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1477656"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX225941"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/15/4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100343"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039176"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-229.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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