CVE-2020-11743: Medium severity XEN Xen vulnerability

Published Apr 14, 2020
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Updated

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.13.x, allowing guest OS users to cause a denial of service because of a bad error path in GNTTABOPmapgrant. Grant table operations are expected to return 0 for success, and a negative number for errors. Some misplaced brackets cause one error path to return 1 instead of a negative value. The grant table code in Linux treats this condition as success, and proceeds with incorrectly initialised state. A buggy or malicious guest can construct its grant table in such a way that, when a backend domain tries to map a grant, it hits the incorrect error path. This will crash a Linux based dom0 or backend domain.

Affected Software

5 affected componentsFixes available
debian/xen
4.14.6-14.14.5+94-ge49571868d-14.17.5+23-ga4e5191dc0-1+deb12u14.17.5+23-ga4e5191dc0-14.20.0-1
XEN Xen<=4.13.0
XEN Xen=4.13.0-rc1
XEN Xen=4.13.0-rc2
Fedoraproject Fedora=32

Event History

Apr 14, 2020
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:20 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:20 PM
Description
Jan 11, 2024
Data Sourced
via Launchpad·11:37 PM
Description
Sep 16, 2024
Data Sourced
via Ubuntu·02:21 AM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is CVE-2020-11743?

CVE-2020-11743 is a vulnerability in Xen that allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service.

2

How does CVE-2020-11743 cause a denial of service?

CVE-2020-11743 causes a denial of service due to a bad error path in GNTTABOP_map_grant, which can be triggered by guest OS users.

3

Which versions of Xen are affected by CVE-2020-11743?

Xen versions up to and including 4.13.x are affected by CVE-2020-11743.

4

How can I fix CVE-2020-11743?

To fix CVE-2020-11743, update Xen to version 4.11.3+24- or later, depending on your operating system.

5

Where can I find more information about CVE-2020-11743?

You can find more information about CVE-2020-11743 at the following references: [Xen Advisory 316](http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-316.html), [Xen Advisory 316](https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-316.html), [Openwall](http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/14/3).

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