PT-2017-11603
CVE-2017-10911
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Published
2017-07-04
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Updated
2018-09-07
Description by
CVSS 3.1
6.5
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel versions prior to 4.11.8
Description
The issue allows guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from host OS (or other guest OS) kernel memory. This is achieved by leveraging the copying of uninitialized padding fields in Xen block-interface response structures.
Recommendations
For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.11.8, update to version 4.11.8 or later to resolve the issue.
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