CVE-2022-26364
x86 pv: Insufficient care with non-coherent mappings T[his CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] Xen maintains a type reference count for pages, in addition to a…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.50%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
x86 pv: Insufficient care with non-coherent mappings T[his CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] Xen maintains a type reference count for pages, in addition to a regular reference count. This scheme is used to maintain invariants required for Xen's safety, e.g. PV guests may not have direct writeable access to pagetables; updates need auditing by Xen. Unfortunately, Xen's safety logic doesn't account for CPU-induced cache non-coherency; cases where the CPU can cause the content of the cache to be different to the content in main memory. In such cases, Xen's safety logic can incorrectly conclude that the contents of a page is safe.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.50% probability · 41th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- xen/xen · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux
- Source
- security@xen.org
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167710/Xen-PV-Guest-Non-SELFSNOOP-CPU-Memory-Corruption.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/06/09/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-402.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OH65U6FTTB5MLH5A6Q3TW7KVCGOG4MYI/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RKRXZ4LHGCGMOG24ZCEJNY6R2BTS4S2Q/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-23Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5184Third Party Advisory
- https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-402.txtVendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167710/Xen-PV-Guest-Non-SELFSNOOP-CPU-Memory-Corruption.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/06/09/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-402.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OH65U6FTTB5MLH5A6Q3TW7KVCGOG4MYI/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RKRXZ4LHGCGMOG24ZCEJNY6R2BTS4S2Q/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-23Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5184Third Party Advisory
- https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-402.txtVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.