SB2023080729 - Denial of service in Xen on Cortex-A77
Published: August 7, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023080729
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Deadlock (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-34320)
CWE-ID: CWE-833 - Deadlock
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 malicious guest to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a coding error in code for Cortex-A77 cores (r0p0 and r1p0). A malicious guest can trigger a deadlock and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.