CVE-2017-14317
Publication date 12 September 2017
Last updated 25 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
A domain cleanup issue was discovered in the C xenstore daemon (aka cxenstored) in Xen through 4.9.x. When shutting down a VM with a stubdomain, a race in cxenstored may cause a double-free. The xenstored daemon may crash, resulting in a DoS of any parts of the system relying on it (including domain creation / destruction, ballooning, device changes, etc.).
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| xen | ||
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4
|
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| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Fixed 4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.14
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Severity score breakdown
CVSS version: CVSS v3.0
Base score
5.6 · Medium
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H