An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x. Some OSes (such as Linux, FreeBSD, and NetBSD) are processing watch events using a single thread. If the events are received faster than the thread is able to handle, they will get queued. As the queue is unbounded, a guest may be able to trigger an OOM in the backend. All systems with a FreeBSD, Linux, or NetBSD (any version) dom0 are vulnerable.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00018.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00010.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-30 | Third Party Advisory |
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4843 | Third Party Advisory |
https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-349.html | Patch Vendor Advisory |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00018.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00010.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-30 | Third Party Advisory |
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4843 | Third Party Advisory |
https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-349.html | Patch Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
History
21 Nov 2024, 05:24
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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References | () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00018.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00010.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-30 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4843 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-349.html - Patch, Vendor Advisory |
Information
Published : 2020-12-15 17:15
Updated : 2024-11-21 05:24
NVD link : CVE-2020-29568
Mitre link : CVE-2020-29568
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-29568
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Products Affected
debian
- debian_linux
xen
- xen
CWE
CWE-770
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling