A grant unmapping issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x. When removing or replacing a grant mapping, the x86 PV specific path needs to make sure page table entries remain in sync with other accounting done. Although the identity of the page frame was validated correctly, neither the presence of the mapping nor page writability were taken into account.
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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1132-1 xen security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1549-1 xen security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4050-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-5822 A grant unmapping issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x. When removing or replacing a grant mapping, the x86 PV specific path needs to make sure page table entries remain in sync with other accounting done. Although the identity of the page frame was validated correctly, neither the presence of the mapping nor page writability were taken into account.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:20:41.521Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-14319

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-09-12T15:29:00.347

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

Link: CVE-2017-14319

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

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

Links: CVE-2017-14319 - Bugzilla

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