The make_response function in drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11.8 allows guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from host OS (or other guest OS) kernel memory by leveraging the copying of uninitialized padding fields in Xen block-interface response structures, aka XSA-216.
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
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linux_kernel | le | 4.11.7 |
git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=089bc0143f489bd3a4578bdff5f4ca68fb26f341
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3920
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3927
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3945
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.11.8
www.securityfocus.com/bid/99162
www.securitytracker.com/id/1038720
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/089bc0143f489bd3a4578bdff5f4ca68fb26f341
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-03
xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-216.html