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CVE-2017-10911

xen: blkif responses leak backend stack data (XSA-216)

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · June 20, 2017

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

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.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS 2.0 · 1.4
AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

CWE-203 · Observable Discrepancy