UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12134

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 3
Upstream
CVE-2017-12134
Published: 24 Aug 2017, 00:00
Last modified:22 Apr 2026, 11:12

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
35/100
CVSS Score
8.8 HIGH
3.0 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

24 Aug 2017, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
22 Apr 2026, 11:12
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The xen_biovec_phys_mergeable function in drivers/xen/biomerge.c in Xen might allow local OS guest users to corrupt block device data streams and consequently obtain sensitive memory information, cause a denial of service, or gain host OS privileges by leveraging incorrect block IO merge-ability calculation.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 8.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•linux

    < 3.13.0-149.199 | < 4.4.0-97.120

  • ubuntu•linux-aws

    < 4.4.0-1038.47

  • ubuntu•linux-azure

    < 4.13.0-1005.7

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp

    < 4.13.0-1002.5

  • ubuntu•linux-gke

    < 4.4.0-1032.32 | all

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe

    < 4.13.0-32.35~16.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-intel-iot-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-kvm

    < 4.4.0-1008.13

  • ubuntu•linux-lts-xenial

    < 4.4.0-97.120~14.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi2

    < 4.4.0-1075.83 | all

  • ubuntu•linux-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-riscv

    all | all

  • ubuntu•linux-snapdragon

    < 4.4.0-1077.82

References (7)