| Name | CVE-2017-8904 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-964-1, DSA-3847-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 861660 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| xen (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4.4.4lts5-0+deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 4.8.5.final+shim4.10.4-1+deb9u12 | fixed | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 4.11.4+107-gef32c7afa2-1 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 4.14.6-1 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 4.14.5+94-ge49571868d-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 4.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 4.17.3+36-g54dacb5c02-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xen | source | wheezy | 4.1.6.lts1-8 | DLA-964-1 | ||
| xen | source | jessie | 4.4.1-9+deb8u9 | DSA-3847-1 | ||
| xen | source | (unstable) | 4.8.1-1+deb9u1 | 861660 |
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-214.html