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HistoryDec 06, 2012 - 5:08 p.m.

Security update for Xen (important)

2012-12-0617:08:57
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EPSS

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29.9%

This update fixes the following security issues in xen:

  • CVE-2012-5510: Grant table version switch list
    corruption vulnerability (XSA-26)
  • CVE-2012-5511: Several HVM operations do not validate
    the range of their inputs (XSA-27)
  • CVE-2012-5512: HVMOP_get_mem_access crash /
    HVMOP_set_mem_access information leak (XSA-28)
  • CVE-2012-5513: XENMEM_exchange may overwrite
    hypervisor memory (XSA-29)
  • CVE-2012-5514: Missing unlock in
    guest_physmap_mark_populate_on_demand() (XSA-30)
  • CVE-2012-5515: Several memory hypercall operations
    allow invalid extent order values (XSA-31)

Also the following bugs have been fixed and upstream
patches have been applied:

  • FATAL PAGE FAULT in hypervisor (arch_do_domctl)
  • 25931-x86-domctl-iomem-mapping-checks.patch
  • 26132-tmem-save-NULL-check.patch
  • 26134-x86-shadow-invlpg-check.patch
  • 26148-vcpu-timer-overflow.patch (Replaces
    CVE-2012-4535-xsa20.patch)
  • 26149-x86-p2m-physmap-error-path.patch (Replaces
    CVE-2012-4537-xsa22.patch)
  • 26150-x86-shadow-unhook-toplevel-check.patch
    (Replaces CVE-2012-4538-xsa23.patch)
  • 26151-gnttab-compat-get-status-frames.patch (Replaces
    CVE-2012-4539-xsa24.patch)
  • bnc#792476 - efi files missing in latest XEN update