{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14316","details":"A parameter verification issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x. The function `alloc_heap_pages` allows callers to specify the first NUMA node that should be used for allocations through the `memflags` parameter; the node is extracted using the `MEMF_get_node` macro. While the function checks to see if the special constant `NUMA_NO_NODE` is specified, it otherwise does not handle the case where `node \u003e= MAX_NUMNODES`. This allows an out-of-bounds access to an internal array.","modified":"2026-04-22T11:16:37.985214Z","published":"2017-09-12T15:29:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-14316"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14316"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-231.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14316"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"xen","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/xen@4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.14?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.14"}]}],"versions":["4.3.0-1ubuntu1","4.3.0-1ubuntu2","4.3.0-1ubuntu3","4.3.0-1ubuntu4","4.3.0-1ubuntu5","4.4.0-0ubuntu3","4.4.0-0ubuntu4","4.4.0-0ubuntu5","4.4.0-0ubuntu5.1","4.4.0-0ubuntu5.2","4.4.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","4.4.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2","4.4.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.3","4.4.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.4","4.4.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.5","4.4.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.6","4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2","4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.3","4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.4","4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.5","4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.6","4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.7","4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.9","4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.10","4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.11","4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.12"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.14","binary_name":"libxen-4.4"},{"binary_version":"4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.14","binary_name":"libxen-ocaml"},{"binary_version":"4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.14","binary_name":"libxenstore3.0"},{"binary_version":"4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.14","binary_name":"xen-hypervisor-4.1-amd64"},{"binary_version":"4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.14","binary_name":"xen-hypervisor-4.3-amd64"},{"binary_version":"4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.14","binary_name":"xen-hypervisor-4.3-armhf"},{"binary_version":"4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.14","binary_name":"xen-hypervisor-4.4-amd64"},{"binary_version":"4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.14","binary_name":"xen-hypervisor-4.4-arm64"},{"binary_version":"4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.14","binary_name":"xen-hypervisor-4.4-armhf"},{"binary_version":"4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.14","binary_name":"xen-system-amd64"},{"binary_version":"4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.14","binary_name":"xen-system-arm64"},{"binary_version":"4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.14","binary_name":"xen-system-armhf"},{"binary_version":"4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.14","binary_name":"xen-utils-4.4"},{"binary_version":"4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.14","binary_name":"xen-utils-common"},{"binary_version":"4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.14","binary_name":"xenstore-utils"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14316.json"}},{"package":{"name":"xen","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/xen@4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4"}]}],"versions":["4.5.1-0ubuntu1","4.5.1-0ubuntu2","4.6.0-1ubuntu1","4.6.0-1ubuntu2","4.6.0-1ubuntu4","4.6.0-1ubuntu4.1","4.6.0-1ubuntu4.2","4.6.0-1ubuntu4.3","4.6.5-0ubuntu1","4.6.5-0ubuntu1.1","4.6.5-0ubuntu1.2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4","binary_name":"libxen-4.6"},{"binary_version":"4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4","binary_name":"libxenstore3.0"},{"binary_version":"4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4","binary_name":"xen-hypervisor-4.4-amd64"},{"binary_version":"4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4","binary_name":"xen-hypervisor-4.4-arm64"},{"binary_version":"4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4","binary_name":"xen-hypervisor-4.4-armhf"},{"binary_version":"4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4","binary_name":"xen-hypervisor-4.5-amd64"},{"binary_version":"4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4","binary_name":"xen-hypervisor-4.5-arm64"},{"binary_version":"4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4","binary_name":"xen-hypervisor-4.5-armhf"},{"binary_version":"4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4","binary_name":"xen-hypervisor-4.6-amd64"},{"binary_version":"4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4","binary_name":"xen-hypervisor-4.6-arm64"},{"binary_version":"4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4","binary_name":"xen-hypervisor-4.6-armhf"},{"binary_version":"4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4","binary_name":"xen-system-amd64"},{"binary_version":"4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4","binary_name":"xen-system-arm64"},{"binary_version":"4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4","binary_name":"xen-system-armhf"},{"binary_version":"4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4","binary_name":"xen-utils-4.6"},{"binary_version":"4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4","binary_name":"xen-utils-common"},{"binary_version":"4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4","binary_name":"xenstore-utils"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14316.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}