SB2022020427 - SUSE update for xen
Published: February 4, 2022
Breakdown by Severity
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- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.
1) Incorrect authorization (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23033)
CWE-ID: CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to guest_physmap_remove_page() function does not remove p2m mappings. A local user issuing a set/way cache maintenance instruction, then calling the XENMEM_decrease_reservation hypercall to give back memory pages to Xen, can cause information leaks, Denial of Service (DoS), or escalate privileges on the system.
2) Integer underflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23034)
CWE-ID: CWE-191 - Integer underflow
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user can perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to integer underflow when unmapping a grant to address XSA-380. A local user can request two forms of mappings to perform a denial of service attack.
3) Incomplete cleanup (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23035)
CWE-ID: CWE-459 - Incomplete cleanup
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient cleanup of passed-through device IRQs. An attacker with physical access can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) and escalate privileges on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.