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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2017-054729ab08
2017-04-08 21:44:40.561326
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Name        : xen
Product     : Fedora 25
Version     : 4.7.2
Release     : 5.fc25
URL         : https://xenproject.org/
Summary     : Xen is a virtual machine monitor
Description :
This package contains the XenD daemon and xm command line
tools, needed to manage virtual machines running under the
Xen hypervisor

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Update Information:

Qemu: 9pfs: host memory leakage via v9fs_create [CVE-2017-7377] (#1437873) x86:
broken check in memory_exchange() permits PV guest breakout [XSA-212,
CVE-2017-7228] (#1438804)
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1437871 - CVE-2017-7377 Qemu: 9pfs: host memory leakage via v9fs_create
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1437871
  [ 2 ] Bug #1434741 - CVE-2017-7228 xsa212 xen: x86: broken check in memory_exchange() permits PV guest breakout (XSA-212)
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1434741
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade xen' at the command line.
For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/security/
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Fedora 25: xen Security Update 2017-054729ab08

April 9, 2017
Qemu: 9pfs: host memory leakage via v9fs_create [CVE-2017-7377] (#1437873) x86: broken check in memory_exchange() permits PV guest breakout [XSA-212, CVE-2017-7228] (#1438804)

Summary

This package contains the XenD daemon and xm command line

tools, needed to manage virtual machines running under the

Xen hypervisor

Update Information:

Qemu: 9pfs: host memory leakage via v9fs_create [CVE-2017-7377] (#1437873) x86: broken check in memory_exchange() permits PV guest breakout [XSA-212, CVE-2017-7228] (#1438804)

Change Log

References

[ 1 ] Bug #1437871 - CVE-2017-7377 Qemu: 9pfs: host memory leakage via v9fs_create https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1437871 [ 2 ] Bug #1434741 - CVE-2017-7228 xsa212 xen: x86: broken check in memory_exchange() permits PV guest breakout (XSA-212) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1434741

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade xen' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

Severity
Name : xen
Product : Fedora 25
Version : 4.7.2
Release : 5.fc25
URL : https://xenproject.org/
Summary : Xen is a virtual machine monitor

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