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GSD-2017-12134

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21
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.
Aliases
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      "publishedDate": "2017-08-24T14:29Z"
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}



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