Resource exhaustion in Xen - CVE-2022-26361

 

Resource exhaustion in Xen - CVE-2022-26361

Published: May 19, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU63442
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-26361
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to RMRR (VT-d) and unity map (AMD-Vi) handling issues. A local user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Xen
Debian Linux
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Enterprise Storage
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
HPE Helion Openstack
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Realtime Extension
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
openSUSE Leap
Fedora
xen
xen-debugsource
xen-doc-html
xen-libs-32bit
xen-libs
xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit
xen-libs-debuginfo
xen-tools
xen-tools-debuginfo
xen-tools-domU-debuginfo
xen-tools-domU
xen-devel
xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk
xen-libs-32bit-debuginfo
xen (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2022-26361

Install updates from vendor's website.

xen - addressed in versions 4.7.6_22-43.88.1, 4.9.4_28-3.103.1, 4.10.4_34-150000.3.74.1, 4.12.4_22-3.66.1, 4.12.4_24-150100.3.72.1, 4.13.4_08-150200.3.50.1, 4.14.4_04-150300.3.24.1, 4.14.5_02-150300.3.29.1
xen-debugsource - addressed in versions 4.7.6_22-43.88.1, 4.9.4_28-3.103.1, 4.10.4_34-150000.3.74.1, 4.12.4_22-3.66.1, 4.12.4_24-150100.3.72.1, 4.13.4_08-150200.3.50.1, 4.14.4_04-150300.3.24.1, 4.14.5_02-150300.3.29.1
xen-doc-html - addressed in versions 4.7.6_22-43.88.1, 4.9.4_28-3.103.1, 4.12.4_22-3.66.1, 4.14.4_04-150300.3.24.1, 4.14.5_02-150300.3.29.1
xen-libs-32bit - addressed in versions 4.7.6_22-43.88.1, 4.9.4_28-3.103.1, 4.12.4_22-3.66.1, 4.14.4_04-150300.3.24.1, 4.14.5_02-150300.3.29.1
xen-libs - addressed in versions 4.7.6_22-43.88.1, 4.9.4_28-3.103.1, 4.10.4_34-150000.3.74.1, 4.12.4_22-3.66.1, 4.12.4_24-150100.3.72.1, 4.13.4_08-150200.3.50.1, 4.14.4_04-150300.3.24.1, 4.14.5_02-150300.3.29.1
xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit - addressed in versions 4.7.6_22-43.88.1, 4.9.4_28-3.103.1, 4.12.4_22-3.66.1
xen-libs-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.7.6_22-43.88.1, 4.9.4_28-3.103.1, 4.10.4_34-150000.3.74.1, 4.12.4_22-3.66.1, 4.12.4_24-150100.3.72.1, 4.13.4_08-150200.3.50.1, 4.14.4_04-150300.3.24.1, 4.14.5_02-150300.3.29.1
xen-tools - addressed in versions 4.7.6_22-43.88.1, 4.9.4_28-3.103.1, 4.10.4_34-150000.3.74.1, 4.12.4_22-3.66.1, 4.12.4_24-150100.3.72.1, 4.13.4_08-150200.3.50.1, 4.14.4_04-150300.3.24.1, 4.14.5_02-150300.3.29.1
xen-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.7.6_22-43.88.1, 4.9.4_28-3.103.1, 4.10.4_34-150000.3.74.1, 4.12.4_22-3.66.1, 4.12.4_24-150100.3.72.1, 4.13.4_08-150200.3.50.1, 4.14.4_04-150300.3.24.1, 4.14.5_02-150300.3.29.1
xen-tools-domU-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.7.6_22-43.88.1, 4.9.4_28-3.103.1, 4.10.4_34-150000.3.74.1, 4.12.4_22-3.66.1, 4.12.4_24-150100.3.72.1, 4.13.4_08-150200.3.50.1, 4.14.4_04-150300.3.24.1, 4.14.5_02-150300.3.29.1
xen-tools-domU - addressed in versions 4.7.6_22-43.88.1, 4.9.4_28-3.103.1, 4.10.4_34-150000.3.74.1, 4.12.4_22-3.66.1, 4.12.4_24-150100.3.72.1, 4.13.4_08-150200.3.50.1, 4.14.4_04-150300.3.24.1, 4.14.5_02-150300.3.29.1
xen-devel - addressed in versions 4.10.4_34-150000.3.74.1, 4.12.4_22-3.66.1, 4.12.4_24-150100.3.72.1, 4.13.4_08-150200.3.50.1, 4.14.4_04-150300.3.24.1, 4.14.5_02-150300.3.29.1
xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk - addressed in versions 4.13.4_08-150200.3.50.1, 4.14.4_04-150300.3.24.1, 4.14.5_02-150300.3.29.1
xen - addressed in versions 4.14.4-3.fc34, 4.14.5-1.fc34, 4.15.2-3.fc35, 4.16.0-6.fc36, 4.16.1-1.fc36
xen-libs-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.14.4_04-150300.3.24.1, 4.14.5_02-150300.3.29.1
xen (Debian package) - update to 4.14.4+74-gd7b22226b5-1

External References

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