Input validation error in Xen - CVE-2020-29481

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x. Access rights of Xenstore nodes are per domid. Unfortunately, existing granted access rights are not removed when a domain is being destroyed. This means that a new domain created with the same domid will inherit the access rights to Xenstore nodes from the previous domain(s) with the same domid. Because all Xenstore entries of a guest below /local/domain/<domid> are being deleted by Xen tools when a guest is destroyed, only Xenstore entries of other guests still running are affected. For example, a newly created guest domain might be able to read sensitive information that had belonged to a previously existing guest domain. Both Xenstore implementations (C and Ocaml) are vulnerable.

Affected software

How to mitigate CVE-2020-29481

External References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/16/3
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4812
• https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-322.html

Related Security Bulletins

• Input validation error in Xen
• Input validation error in xen (Alpine package)
• Debian update for xen
• Fedora 33 update for xen
• Fedora 32 update for xen