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Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.13.x, allowing guest OS users to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges because of missing memory barriers in read-write unlock paths. The read-write unlock paths don't contain a memory barrier. On Arm, this means a processor is allowed to re-order the memory access with the preceding ones. In other words, the unlock may be seen by another processor before all the memory accesses within the "critical" section. As a consequence, it may be possible to have a writer executing a critical section at the same time as readers or another writer. In other words, many of the assumptions (e.g., a variable cannot be modified after a check) in the critical sections are not safe anymore. The read-write locks are used in hypercalls (such as grant-table ones), so a malicious guest could exploit the race. For instance, there is a small window where Xen can leak memory if XENMAPSPACE_grant_table is used concurrently. A malicious guest may be able to leak memory, or cause a hypervisor crash resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS). Information leak and privilege escalation cannot be excluded.
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*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Added
CPE Configuration
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 4.13.0
*cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.13.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.13.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
Changed
Reference Type
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/14/2 No Types Assigned
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/14/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-314.html No Types Assigned
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