CVE-2021-28709

issues with partially successful P2M updates on x86 T[his CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] x86 HVM and PVH guests may be started in populate-on-demand (PoD) mode, to provide a way for them to later easily have more memory assigned. Guests are permitted to control certain P2M aspects of individual pages via hypercalls. These hypercalls may act on ranges of pages specified via page orders (resulting in a power-of-2 number of pages). In some cases the hypervisor carries out the requests by splitting them into smaller chunks. Error handling in certain PoD cases has been insufficient in that in particular partial success of some operations was not properly accounted for. There are two code paths affected - page removal (CVE-2021-28705) and insertion of new pages (CVE-2021-28709). (We provide one patch which combines the fix to both issues.)
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.15.0:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

10 Dec 2021, 03:00

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I7ZGWVVRI4XY2XSTBI3XEMWBXPDVX6OT/ - (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I7ZGWVVRI4XY2XSTBI3XEMWBXPDVX6OT/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References (DEBIAN) https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5017 - (DEBIAN) https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5017 - Third Party Advisory
References (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PXUI4VMD52CH3T7YXAG3J2JW7ZNN3SXF/ - (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PXUI4VMD52CH3T7YXAG3J2JW7ZNN3SXF/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

09 Dec 2021, 03:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PXUI4VMD52CH3T7YXAG3J2JW7ZNN3SXF/ -

06 Dec 2021, 15:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • (DEBIAN) https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5017 -

01 Dec 2021, 07:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I7ZGWVVRI4XY2XSTBI3XEMWBXPDVX6OT/ -

30 Nov 2021, 14:24

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.15.0:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
References (MISC) https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-389.txt - (MISC) https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-389.txt - Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : 6.9
v3 : 7.8
CWE CWE-755

24 Nov 2021, 04:50

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-11-24 02:15

Updated : 2024-02-04 08:15


NVD link : CVE-2021-28709

Mitre link : CVE-2021-28709

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-28709


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Products Affected

debian

  • debian_linux

fedoraproject

  • fedora

xen

  • xen
CWE
CWE-755

Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions