CVE-2020-15564

libxenevtchn1: An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.13.x, allowing Arm guest OS users to cause a hypervisor crash because of a m...

CVE-2020-15564 is fixed in 22 products on 1 platform, first by libxencall1 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3, released September 23, 2020. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
n/a
Medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0040
34th percentile

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.13.x, allowing Arm guest OS users to cause a hypervisor crash because of a missing alignment check in VCPUOP_register_vcpu_info. The hypercall VCPUOP_register_vcpu_info is used by a guest to register a shared region with the hypervisor. The region will be mapped into Xen address space so it can be directly accessed. On Arm, the region is accessed with instructions that require a specific alignment. Unfortunately, there is no check that the address provided by the guest will be correctly aligned. As a result, a malicious guest could cause a hypervisor crash by passing a misaligned address. A malicious guest administrator may cause a hypervisor crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS). All Xen versions are vulnerable. Only Arm systems are vulnerable. x86 systems are not affected.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
libxencall1 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 libxencall1 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 Sep 23, 2020
libxendevicemodel1 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 libxendevicemodel1 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 Sep 23, 2020
libxenevtchn1 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 libxenevtchn1 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 Sep 23, 2020
libxenforeignmemory1 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 libxenforeignmemory1 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 Sep 23, 2020
libxengnttab1 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 libxengnttab1 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 Sep 23, 2020
libxenmisc4.11 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 libxenmisc4.11 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 Sep 23, 2020
libxenstore3.0 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 libxenstore3.0 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 Sep 23, 2020
libxentoolcore1 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 libxentoolcore1 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 Sep 23, 2020
libxentoollog1 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 libxentoollog1 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 Sep 23, 2020
xen-hypervisor-4.11-amd64 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 xen-hypervisor-4.11-amd64 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 Sep 23, 2020
xen-hypervisor-4.11-arm64 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 xen-hypervisor-4.11-arm64 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 Sep 23, 2020
xen-hypervisor-4.11-armhf · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 xen-hypervisor-4.11-armhf 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 Sep 23, 2020
xen-hypervisor-4.9-amd64 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 xen-hypervisor-4.9-amd64 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 Sep 23, 2020
xen-hypervisor-4.9-arm64 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 xen-hypervisor-4.9-arm64 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 Sep 23, 2020
xen-hypervisor-4.9-armhf · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 xen-hypervisor-4.9-armhf 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 Sep 23, 2020
xen-hypervisor-common · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 xen-hypervisor-common 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 Sep 23, 2020
xen-system-amd64 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 xen-system-amd64 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 Sep 23, 2020
xen-system-arm64 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 xen-system-arm64 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 Sep 23, 2020
xen-system-armhf · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 xen-system-armhf 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 Sep 23, 2020
xen-utils-4.11 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 xen-utils-4.11 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 Sep 23, 2020
xen-utils-common · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 xen-utils-common 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 Sep 23, 2020
xenstore-utils · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 xenstore-utils 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 Sep 23, 2020

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