Description (CNA)
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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-11
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98428
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-214.html
- https://blog.xenproject.org/2017/05/02/updates-on-xsa-213-xsa-214-and-xsa-215/
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038387
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.