First published: Thu Jun 09 2022(Updated: )
x86 pv: Insufficient care with non-coherent mappings T[his CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] Xen maintains a type reference count for pages, in addition to a regular reference count. This scheme is used to maintain invariants required for Xen's safety, e.g. PV guests may not have direct writeable access to pagetables; updates need auditing by Xen. Unfortunately, Xen's safety logic doesn't account for CPU-induced cache non-coherency; cases where the CPU can cause the content of the cache to be different to the content in main memory. In such cases, Xen's safety logic can incorrectly conclude that the contents of a page is safe.
Credit: security@xen.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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debian/xen | <=4.11.4+107-gef32c7afa2-1 | 4.14.6-1 4.14.5+94-ge49571868d-1 4.17.2+76-ge1f9cb16e2-1~deb12u1 4.17.2+76-ge1f9cb16e2-1 |
Xen XAPI | ||
Fedora | =35 | |
Fedora | =36 | |
Debian | =11.0 |
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CVE-2022-26363 is a vulnerability in Xen that allows attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code.
Xen Xen, Fedoraproject Fedora 35 and 36, and Debian Debian Linux 11.0 are affected by CVE-2022-26363.
The severity of CVE-2022-26363 is high with a CVSS score of 6.7.
To fix CVE-2022-26363, upgrade to Xen version 4.14.6-1, 4.14.5+94-ge49571868d-1, 4.17.1+2-gb773c48e36-1, or 4.17.2+55-g0b56bed864-1.
You can find more information about CVE-2022-26363 on the Xen advisory page (https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-402.html), Debian security tracker (https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-26363), and the OSS security mailing list (http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/06/09/4).