CVE-2022-26364
MEDIUMXen - Memory Corruption via Non-Coherent CPU Cache Mappings
Title source: llmDescription
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 (8)
Core 8
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
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OH65U6FTTB5MLH5A6Q3TW7KVCGOG4MYI/
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167710/Xen-PV-Guest-Non-SELFSNOOP-CPU-Memory-Corruption.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5184
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RKRXZ4LHGCGMOG24ZCEJNY6R2BTS4S2Q/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-23
Scores
CVSS v3
6.7
EPSS
0.0011
EPSS Percentile
28.6%
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