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 GNTTABOP_map_grant. 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.
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References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00006.html - | |
References | () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/14/3 - Patch, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-316.html - Exploit, Vendor Advisory | |
References | () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5M2XRNCHOGGTJQBZQJ7DCV6ZNAKN3LE2/ - | |
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References | () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YMAW7D2MP6RE4BFI5BZWOBBWGY3VSOFN/ - | |
References | () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-08 - | |
References | () https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4723 - | |
References | () https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-316.html - Exploit, Vendor Advisory |
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Information
Published : 2020-04-14 13:15
Updated : 2024-11-21 04:58
NVD link : CVE-2020-11743
Mitre link : CVE-2020-11743
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-11743
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Products Affected
xen
- xen
fedoraproject
- fedora
CWE
CWE-755
Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions