CVE-2017-14316

Summary

CVECVE-2017-14316
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-12 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-19 10:29:00 UTC
DescriptionA parameter verification issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x. The function `alloc_heap_pages` allows callers to specify the first NUMA node that should be used for allocations through the `memflags` parameter; the node is extracted using the `MEMF_get_node` macro. While the function checks to see if the special constant `NUMA_NO_NODE` is specified, it otherwise does not handle the case where `node >= MAX_NUMNODES`. This allows an out-of-bounds access to an internal array.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Xen Xen All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Citrix XenServer Multiple Security Updates CONFIRM support.citrix.com
Xen CVE-2017-14316 Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Xen NUMA Node Parameter Validation Flaw Lets Local Users on a Guest System Gain Elevated Privileges on the Host System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] [DLA 1549-1] xen security update MLIST lists.debian.org
XSA-231 - Xen Security Advisories CONFIRM xenbits.xen.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4050-1 xen DEBIAN www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500818 Alpine Linux Security Update for xen
  • 504561 Alpine Linux Security Update for xen

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