Kernel Samepage Merging (KSM) in the Linux kernel 2.6.32 through 4.x does not prevent use of a write-timing side channel, which allows guest OS users to defeat the ASLR protection mechanism on other guest OS instances via a Cross-VM ASL INtrospection (CAIN) attack. NOTE: the vendor states "Basically if you care about this attack vector, disable deduplication." Share-until-written approaches for memory conservation among mutually untrusting tenants are inherently detectable for information disclosure, and can be classified as potentially misunderstood behaviors rather than vulnerabilities
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21 Nov 2024, 02:28
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References | () http://www.antoniobarresi.com/files/cain_advisory.txt - Technical Description, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/935424 - Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource | |
References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76256 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
References | () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1252096 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/BGAR-A2CNKG - Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource | |
References | () https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/BLUU-9ZAHZH - Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource | |
References | () https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/woot15/woot15-paper-barresi.pdf - Technical Description, Third Party Advisory |
07 Nov 2023, 02:25
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Summary | Kernel Samepage Merging (KSM) in the Linux kernel 2.6.32 through 4.x does not prevent use of a write-timing side channel, which allows guest OS users to defeat the ASLR protection mechanism on other guest OS instances via a Cross-VM ASL INtrospection (CAIN) attack. NOTE: the vendor states "Basically if you care about this attack vector, disable deduplication." Share-until-written approaches for memory conservation among mutually untrusting tenants are inherently detectable for information disclosure, and can be classified as potentially misunderstood behaviors rather than vulnerabilities |
Information
Published : 2017-03-03 11:59
Updated : 2024-11-21 02:28
NVD link : CVE-2015-2877
Mitre link : CVE-2015-2877
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-2877
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
redhat
- enterprise_linux
CWE
CWE-200
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor