ubuntu · CVE-2017-12136

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Priority: medium Published: 2017-08-24 14:29:00 UTC Updated: 2025-08-25 22:21:37 UTC

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Freshness: upstream tracker timestamp is available; use API updated time as primary recency signal.

Tracker summary

CVE-2017-12136 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (xen), 4 status rows across 4 suites (trusty, upstream, xenial, zesty): released 2, DNE 1, needs-triage 1.

Description:

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.

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