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CVE-2020-15564

CVE-2020-15564

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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.

CVSS 6.5 · Medium · EPSS 0.4% · Fix available

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Affected products and versions

  • n/a

    Versions
    • n/a: Affected

    No fix published

  • xen Debian:12

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 4.11.4+24-gddaaccbbab-1

    Update to 4.11.4+24-gddaaccbbab-1

  • xen Debian:13

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 4.11.4+24-gddaaccbbab-1

    Update to 4.11.4+24-gddaaccbbab-1

  • xen Debian:14

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 4.11.4+24-gddaaccbbab-1

    Update to 4.11.4+24-gddaaccbbab-1

  • xen Ubuntu:16.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 4.5.1-0ubuntu1
    • 4.5.1-0ubuntu2
    • 4.6.0-1ubuntu1
    • 4.6.0-1ubuntu2
    • 4.6.0-1ubuntu4
    • 4.6.0-1ubuntu4.1
    • 4.6.0-1ubuntu4.2
    • 4.6.0-1ubuntu4.3
    • 4.6.5-0ubuntu1
    • 4.6.5-0ubuntu1.1
    • 4.6.5-0ubuntu1.2
    • 4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • xen Ubuntu:18.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 4.9.0-0ubuntu3
    • 4.9.0-0ubuntu4
    • 4.9.2-0ubuntu1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • xen Ubuntu:20.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 4.9.2-0ubuntu2
    • 4.9.2-0ubuntu6
    • 4.9.2-0ubuntu7
    • 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu1
    • 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2
    • 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.2
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3

    Update to 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3

Original sources

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