CVE-2021-28694

MEDIUM

IOMMU page mapping issues on x86 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

IOMMU page mapping issues on x86 T[his CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] Both AMD and Intel allow ACPI tables to specify regions of memory which should be left untranslated, which typically means these addresses should pass the translation phase unaltered. While these are typically device specific ACPI properties, they can also be specified to apply to a range of devices, or even all devices. On all systems with such regions Xen failed to prevent guests from undoing/replacing such mappings (CVE-2021-28694). On AMD systems, where a discontinuous range is specified by firmware, the supposedly-excluded middle range will also be identity-mapped (CVE-2021-28695). Further, on AMD systems, upon de-assigment of a physical device from a guest, the identity mappings would be left in place, allowing a guest continued access to ranges of memory which it shouldn't have access to anymore (CVE-2021-28696).

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-378.txt
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/01/1
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/01/5
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/01/6
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4977
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-23

Scores

CVSS v3 6.8
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 33.1%
Attack Vector PHYSICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (5)
debian/debian_linux 11.0
fedoraproject/fedora 33
fedoraproject/fedora 34
fedoraproject/fedora 35
xen/xen
Published Aug 27, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026