CVE-2017-12136
High
CVE-2017-12136
Race condition in the grant table code in Xen 4.6.x through 4.9.x allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (free list corruption and host crash) or gain privileges on the host via vectors involving maptrack free list handling.
Exploit probability
0.3%
Published
August 24, 2017
Required by
Not available
Last source change
March 15, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2017-12136
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Race condition in the grant table code in Xen 4.6.x through 4.9.x allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (free list corruption and host crash) or gain privileges on the host via vectors involving maptrack free list handling.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3969
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/15/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100346
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039175
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-228.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1477651
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX225941