The make_response function in drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11.8 allows guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from host OS (or other guest OS) kernel memory by leveraging the copying of uninitialized padding fields in Xen block-interface response structures, aka XSA-216.
References
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http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=089bc0143f489bd3a4578bdff5f4ca68fb26f341 | Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory |
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3920 | |
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3927 | |
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3945 | |
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.11.8 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99162 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038720 | VDB Entry Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/089bc0143f489bd3a4578bdff5f4ca68fb26f341 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html | |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-03 | |
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-216.html | Mitigation Vendor Advisory |
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Information
Published : 2017-07-05 01:29
Updated : 2024-02-04 19:29
NVD link : CVE-2017-10911
Mitre link : CVE-2017-10911
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-10911
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-200
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor