CVE-2020-11739

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.13.x, allowing guest OS users to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges because of missing memory barriers in read-write unlock paths. The read-write unlock paths don't contain a memory barrier. On Arm, this means a processor is allowed to re-order the memory access with the preceding ones. In other words, the unlock may be seen by another processor before all the memory accesses within the "critical" section. As a consequence, it may be possible to have a writer executing a critical section at the same time as readers or another writer. In other words, many of the assumptions (e.g., a variable cannot be modified after a check) in the critical sections are not safe anymore. The read-write locks are used in hypercalls (such as grant-table ones), so a malicious guest could exploit the race. For instance, there is a small window where Xen can leak memory if XENMAPSPACE_grant_table is used concurrently. A malicious guest may be able to leak memory, or cause a hypervisor crash resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS). Information leak and privilege escalation cannot be excluded.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.13.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.13.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

03 May 2022, 14:05

Type Values Removed Values Added
References (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-08 - (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-08 - Third Party Advisory
References (SUSE) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00006.html - (SUSE) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00006.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References (DEBIAN) https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4723 - (DEBIAN) https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4723 - Third Party Advisory
References (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5M2XRNCHOGGTJQBZQJ7DCV6ZNAKN3LE2/ - (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5M2XRNCHOGGTJQBZQJ7DCV6ZNAKN3LE2/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NVTP4OYHCTRU3ONFJOFJQVNDFB25KLLG/ - (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NVTP4OYHCTRU3ONFJOFJQVNDFB25KLLG/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YMAW7D2MP6RE4BFI5BZWOBBWGY3VSOFN/ - Third Party Advisory (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YMAW7D2MP6RE4BFI5BZWOBBWGY3VSOFN/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CWE CWE-119 CWE-362
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2020-04-14 13:15

Updated : 2024-02-04 21:00


NVD link : CVE-2020-11739

Mitre link : CVE-2020-11739

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-11739


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Products Affected

xen

  • xen

opensuse

  • leap

debian

  • debian_linux

fedoraproject

  • fedora
CWE
CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')