CVE-2020-29570

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x. Recording of the per-vCPU control block mapping maintained by Xen and that of pointers into the control block is reversed. The consumer assumes, seeing the former initialized, that the latter are also ready for use. Malicious or buggy guest kernels can mount a Denial of Service (DoS) attack affecting the entire system.
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:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

10 Dec 2021, 02:04

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-30 - Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2020-12-15 17:15

Updated : 2024-02-04 21:23


NVD link : CVE-2020-29570

Mitre link : CVE-2020-29570

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-29570


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Products Affected

xen

  • xen

debian

  • debian_linux

fedoraproject

  • fedora
CWE
CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling