An issue was discovered in Xen 4.5.x through 4.9.x. The function `__gnttab_cache_flush` handles GNTTABOP_cache_flush grant table operations. It checks to see if the calling domain is the owner of the page that is to be operated on. If it is not, the owner's grant table is checked to see if a grant mapping to the calling domain exists for the page in question. However, the function does not check to see if the owning domain actually has a grant table or not. Some special domains, such as `DOMID_XEN`, `DOMID_IO` and `DOMID_COW` are created without grant tables. Hence, if __gnttab_cache_flush operates on a page owned by these special domains, it will attempt to dereference a NULL pointer in the domain struct.
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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1132-1 xen security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4050-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-5821 An issue was discovered in Xen 4.5.x through 4.9.x. The function `__gnttab_cache_flush` handles GNTTABOP_cache_flush grant table operations. It checks to see if the calling domain is the owner of the page that is to be operated on. If it is not, the owner's grant table is checked to see if a grant mapping to the calling domain exists for the page in question. However, the function does not check to see if the owning domain actually has a grant table or not. Some special domains, such as `DOMID_XEN`, `DOMID_IO` and `DOMID_COW` are created without grant tables. Hence, if __gnttab_cache_flush operates on a page owned by these special domains, it will attempt to dereference a NULL pointer in the domain struct.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:20:41.545Z

Reserved: 2017-09-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-14318

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-09-12T15:29:00.300

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-14318

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-14318 - Bugzilla

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