An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x. There are evtchn_reset()
race conditions. Uses of EVTCHNOP_reset (potentially by a guest on itself)
or XEN_DOMCTL_soft_reset (by itself covered by XSA-77) can lead to the
violation of various internal assumptions. This may lead to out of bounds
memory accesses or triggering of bug checks. In particular, x86 PV guests
may be able to elevate their privilege to that of the host. Host and guest
crashes are also possible, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS).
Information leaks cannot be ruled out. All Xen versions from 4.5 onwards
are vulnerable. Xen versions 4.4 and earlier are not vulnerable.
Author | Note |
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mdeslaur | hypervisor packages are in universe. For issues in the hypervisor, add appropriate tags to each section, ex: Tags_xen: universe-binary |
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2020-25599
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4JRXMKEMQRQYWYEPHVBIWUEAVQ3LU4FN/
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25599
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-25599
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5617-1
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25599
xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-343.html