What is CVE-2017-10911?

CVE-2017-10911 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5 out of 10, classified as a Information Exposure flaw (CWE-200). CVE-2017-10911 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-10911?

CVE-2017-10911 has a CVSS score of 6.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2017-10911?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2017-10911. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2017-10911 actively exploited?

CVE-2017-10911 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Information Exposure (CWE-200)?

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor not authorised to see it. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html

CVE-2017-10911

Medium

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.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2017-07-05

Last modified 2026-05-13

CVSS version 3.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.0 score

6.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-200

CVE-2017-10911 is a Information Exposure vulnerability

What is Information Exposure?

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor not authorised to see it. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2017-10911 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Debian Security
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3920
Debian Security
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3927
Debian Security
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3945
Kernel.org
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.11.8

Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99162

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Securitytracker
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038720

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
Security
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-03
Xenbits
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-216.html

Mitigation Vendor Advisory
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=089bc0143f489bd3a4578bdff5f4ca68fb26f341
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/089bc0143f489bd3a4578bdff5f4ca68fb26f341
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2017-10911

Severity Medium

CVSS score 6.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.0

Published 2017-07-05

Modified 2026-05-13

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-10911?

CVE-2017-10911 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5 out of 10 , classified as an Information Exposure flaw (CWE-200) . CVE-2017-10911 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-10911?

CVE-2017-10911 has a CVSS score of 6.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.0). The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2017-10911?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2017-10911. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2017-10911 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2017-10911 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
What is Information Exposure (CWE-200)?

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor not authorised to see it. View CWE-200 on MITRE CWE →