Race condition in Xen - CVE-2024-2193
Published: March 12, 2024 / Updated: September 13, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU87374
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-2193
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Xen Project
Affected software:
Xen
Xen
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a speculative race condition. A local user can exploit the race and gain unauthorized access to contents of arbitrary host memory, including memory assigned to other guests.
The vulnerability was dubbed GhostRace.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-2193
Install updates from vendor's website.