Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.13.x, allowing Arm guest OS users to cause a hypervisor crash because of a missing alignment check in VCPUOP_register_vcpu_info. The hypercall VCPUOP_register_vcpu_info is used by a guest to register a shared region with the hypervisor. The region will be mapped into Xen address space so it can be directly accessed. On Arm, the region is accessed with instructions that require a specific alignment. Unfortunately, there is no check that the address provided by the guest will be correctly aligned. As a result, a malicious guest could cause a hypervisor crash by passing a misaligned address. A malicious guest administrator may cause a hypervisor crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS). All Xen versions are vulnerable. Only Arm systems are vulnerable. x86 systems are not affected.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DSA |
DSA-4723-1 | xen security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2020-7551 | An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.13.x, allowing Arm guest OS users to cause a hypervisor crash because of a missing alignment check in VCPUOP_register_vcpu_info. The hypercall VCPUOP_register_vcpu_info is used by a guest to register a shared region with the hypervisor. The region will be mapped into Xen address space so it can be directly accessed. On Arm, the region is accessed with instructions that require a specific alignment. Unfortunately, there is no check that the address provided by the guest will be correctly aligned. As a result, a malicious guest could cause a hypervisor crash by passing a misaligned address. A malicious guest administrator may cause a hypervisor crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS). All Xen versions are vulnerable. Only Arm systems are vulnerable. x86 systems are not affected. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-5617-1 | Xen vulnerabilities |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-04T13:22:29.360Z
Reserved: 2020-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2020-15564
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Status : Modified
Published: 2020-07-07T13:15:10.023
Modified: 2024-11-21T05:05:44.610
Link: CVE-2020-15564
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN