cve/2017/CVE-2017-8904.md

### [CVE-2017-8904](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8904)
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### Description

Xen through 4.8.x mishandles the "contains segment descriptors" property during GNTTABOP_transfer (aka guest transfer) operations, which might allow PV guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS, aka XSA-214.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/mrngm/adviesmolen