USN-4909-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.4, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-gke-5.4, linux-gkeop, linux-gkeop-5.4, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4, linux-raspi, linux-raspi-5.4 vulnerabilities

Loris Reiff discovered that the BPF implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate attributes in the getsockopt BPF hook. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2021-20194 Olivier Benjamin, Norbert Manthey, Martin Mazein, and Jan H...

USN-4909-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Loris Reiff discovered that the BPF implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate attributes in the getsockopt BPF hook. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2021-20194 Olivier Benjamin, Norbert Manthey, Martin Mazein, and Jan H...

USN-4904-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Ben Harris discovered that the Linux kernel would strip extended privilege attributes of files when performing a failed unprivileged system call. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. CVE-2015-1350 Andrey Konovalov discovered that the video4linux driver for Hauppauge HD PV...

OESA-2021-1111 kernel security update

The kernel package contains the Linux kernel vmlinuz, the core of any Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device input and output, etc. Security Fixes: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 2.6.39...

PT-2021-3505 · Xen +2 · Xen +2

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Xen affected versions not specified Description: The issue is related to the implementation of paravirtualization PV mode in the Xen hypervisor, specifically with the use of the Indirect Branch Restricted Speculation IBRS mechanism. This coul...

UBUNTU-CVE-2021-28039

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 5.9.x through 5.11.3, as used with Xen. In some less-common configurations, an x86 PV guest OS user can crash a Dom0 or driver domain via a large amount of I/O activity. The issue relates to misuse of guest physical addresses when a configuration has...

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 3.2 through 5.10.16 as used by Xen. Grant mapping operations often occur in batch hypercalls where a number of operations are done in a single hypercall the success or failure of each one is reported to the backend driver and the backend driver then loops over the results performing follow-up actions based on the success or failure of each operation. Unfortunately when running in PV mode the Linux backend drivers mishandle this: Some errors are ignored effectively implying their success from the success of related batch elements. In other cases errors resulting from one batch element lead to further batch elements not being inspected and hence successful ones to not be possible to properly unmap upon error recovery. Only systems with Linux backends running in PV mode are vulnerable. Linux backends run in HVM / PVH modes are not vulnerable. This affects arch/*/xen/p2m.c and drivers/xen/gntdev.c.

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An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 2.6.39 through 5.10.16 as used in Xen. Block net and SCSI backends consider certain errors a plain bug deliberately causing a kernel crash. For errors potentially being at least under the influence of guests (such as out of memory conditions) it isn't correct to assume a plain bug. Memory allocations potentially causing such crashes occur only when Linux is running in PV mode though. This affects drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c and drivers/xen/xen-scsiback.c.

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CVE-2021-26932

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 3.2 through 5.10.16, as used by Xen. Grant mapping operations often occur in batch hypercalls, where a number of operations are done in a single hypercall, the success or failure of each one is reported to the backend driver, and the backend driver then...

UBUNTU-CVE-2021-26931

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 2.6.39 through 5.10.16, as used in Xen. Block, net, and SCSI backends consider certain errors a plain bug, deliberately causing a kernel crash. For errors potentially being at least under the influence of guests such as out of memory conditions, it isn'...

PT-2021-3001 · Linux +4 · Linux Kernel +4

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions 3.2 through 5.10.16 Description: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel, as used by Xen, where grant mapping operations in batch hypercalls are mishandled by Linux backend drivers when running in PV mode. This can...

ALPINE-CVE-2020-29569

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.10.1, as used with Xen through 4.14.x. The Linux kernel PV block backend expects the kernel thread handler to reset ring-xenblkd to NULL when stopped. However, the handler may not have time to run if the frontend quickly toggles between the...

PT-2020-5284 · Linux +6 · Linux Kernel +6

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions through 5.10.1 Xen versions through 4.14.x Description: An issue in the Linux kernel PV block backend may cause a pointer to be re-used after it was freed. This occurs when the kernel thread handler does not have time to...

In a Linux KVM guest that has PV TLB enabled a process in the guest kernel may be able to read memory locations from another process in the same guest. This problem is limit to the host running linux kernel 4.10 with a guest running linux kernel 4.16 or later. The problem mainly affects AMD processors but Intel CPUs cannot be ruled out.

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ALPINE-CVE-2020-25596

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x. x86 PV guest kernels can experience denial of service via SYSENTER. The SYSENTER instruction leaves various state sanitization activities to software. One of Xen's sanitization paths injects a GP fault, and incorrectly delivers it twice to the guest...

ALPINE-CVE-2020-25602

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x. An x86 PV guest can trigger a host OS crash when handling guest access to MSRMISCENABLE. When a guest accesses certain Model Specific Registers, Xen first reads the value from hardware to use as the basis for auditing the guest access. For the...

UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25602

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x. An x86 PV guest can trigger a host OS crash when handling guest access to MSRMISCENABLE. When a guest accesses certain Model Specific Registers, Xen first reads the value from hardware to use as the basis for auditing the guest access. For the...

Xen Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Xen is an open source virtual machine monitor product from the University of Cambridge, UK. The product enables different and incompatible operating systems to run on the same computer and supports runtime migration to ensure uptime and avoid downtime. A security vulnerability exists in Xen versi...

UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15852

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 5.5 through 5.7.9, as used in Xen through 4.13.x for x86 PV guests. An attacker may be granted the I/O port permissions of an unrelated task. This occurs because tssinvalidateiobitmap mishandling causes a loss of synchronization between the I/O bitmaps ...

The vulnerability of Xen hypervisors relates to the insecure management of privileges, which allows attackers to gain access to confidential data, compromise its integrity, and cause service failures.

The vulnerability of Xen hypervisors is related to an emulation error in PV x86, where there is no check for the limit on the descriptor table. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a remote attacker to access confidential data, compromise its integrity, and cause service failures...