CVE-2020-29567

An issue was discovered in Xen 4.14.x. When moving IRQs between CPUs to distribute the load of IRQ handling, IRQ vectors are dynamically allocated and de-allocated on the relevant CPUs. De-allocation has to happen when certain constraints are met. If these conditions are not met when first checked, the checking CPU may send an interrupt to itself, in the expectation that this IRQ will be delivered only after the condition preventing the cleanup has cleared. For two specific IRQ vectors, this expectation was violated, resulting in a continuous stream of self-interrupts, which renders the CPU effectively unusable. A domain with a passed through PCI device can cause lockup of a physical CPU, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) to the entire host. Only x86 systems are vulnerable. Arm systems are not vulnerable. Only guests with physical PCI devices passed through to them can exploit the vulnerability.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 05:24

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References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OBLV6L6Q24PPQ2CRFXDX4Q76KU776GKI/ - () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OBLV6L6Q24PPQ2CRFXDX4Q76KU776GKI/ -
References () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-30 - Third Party Advisory () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-30 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-356.html - Patch, Vendor Advisory () https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-356.html - Patch, Vendor Advisory

07 Nov 2023, 03:21

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References
  • {'url': 'https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OBLV6L6Q24PPQ2CRFXDX4Q76KU776GKI/', 'name': 'FEDORA-2020-64859a826b', 'tags': ['Mailing List', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'FEDORA'}
  • () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OBLV6L6Q24PPQ2CRFXDX4Q76KU776GKI/ -

Information

Published : 2020-12-15 17:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 05:24


NVD link : CVE-2020-29567

Mitre link : CVE-2020-29567

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-29567


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Products Affected

xen

  • xen

fedoraproject

  • fedora
CWE
CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling