Xen ProjectXSA-331Race condition in Linux event handler may crash dom0
4.7 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.7 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
13.3%
ISSUE DESCRIPTION
The Linux kernel event channel handling code doesn’t defend the handling of an event against the same event channel being removed in parallel.
This can result in accesses to already freed memory areas or NULL pointer dereferences in the event handling code, leading to misbehaviour of the system or even crashes.
IMPACT
A misbehaving guest can trigger a dom0 crash by sending events for a paravirtualized device while simultaneously reconfiguring it.
VULNERABLE SYSTEMS
All systems with a Linux dom0 are vulnerable.
All Linux kernel versions are vulnerable.
Related
4.7 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.7 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
13.3%