CVE-2022-26363

MEDIUM

Xen - Insufficient Care with Non-Coherent Mappings

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

x86 pv: Insufficient care with non-coherent mappings T[his CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] Xen maintains a type reference count for pages, in addition to a regular reference count. This scheme is used to maintain invariants required for Xen's safety, e.g. PV guests may not have direct writeable access to pagetables; updates need auditing by Xen. Unfortunately, Xen's safety logic doesn't account for CPU-induced cache non-coherency; cases where the CPU can cause the content of the cache to be different to the content in main memory. In such cases, Xen's safety logic can incorrectly conclude that the contents of a page is safe.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-402.txt
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-402.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/06/09/4
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5184
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-23

Scores

CVSS v3 6.7
EPSS 0.0008
EPSS Percentile 23.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (4)
debian/debian_linux 11.0
fedoraproject/fedora 35
fedoraproject/fedora 36
xen/xen
Published Jun 09, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026