CVE-2020-25601

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x. There is a lack of preemption in evtchn_reset() / evtchn_destroy(). In particular, the FIFO event channel model allows guests to have a large number of event channels active at a time. Closing all of these (when resetting all event channels or when cleaning up after the guest) may take extended periods of time. So far, there was no arrangement for preemption at suitable intervals, allowing a CPU to spend an almost unbounded amount of time in the processing of these operations. Malicious or buggy guest kernels can mount a Denial of Service (DoS) attack affecting the entire system. All Xen versions are vulnerable in principle. Whether versions 4.3 and older are vulnerable depends on underlying hardware characteristics.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

Configuration 2 (hide)

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

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

28 Apr 2022, 18:19

Type Values Removed Values Added
CWE CWE-400 NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPE cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References (SUSE) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00008.html - Third Party Advisory (SUSE) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00008.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-06 - (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-06 - Third Party Advisory
References (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DA633Y3G5KX7MKRN4PFEGM3IVTJMBEOM/ - Third Party Advisory (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DA633Y3G5KX7MKRN4PFEGM3IVTJMBEOM/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RJZERRBJN6E6STDCHT4JHP4MI6TKBCJE/ - (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RJZERRBJN6E6STDCHT4JHP4MI6TKBCJE/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4JRXMKEMQRQYWYEPHVBIWUEAVQ3LU4FN/ - Third Party Advisory (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4JRXMKEMQRQYWYEPHVBIWUEAVQ3LU4FN/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2020-09-23 22:15

Updated : 2024-02-04 21:23


NVD link : CVE-2020-25601

Mitre link : CVE-2020-25601

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-25601


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Products Affected

xen

  • xen

opensuse

  • leap

debian

  • debian_linux

fedoraproject

  • fedora