kernel: xen: Excessive time to disable caching with HVM guests with PCI passthrough
Published Aug 28, 2013
5.7
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.62%
Description
The vmx_set_uc_mode function in Xen 3.3 through 4.3, when disabling caches, allows local HVM guests with access to memory mapped I/O regions to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and possibly hypervisor or guest kernel panic) via a crafted GFN range.
Affected products
No data.
- 3.3.0
- 3.3.1
- 3.3.2
- 3.4.0
- 3.4.1
- 3.4.2
- 3.4.3
- 3.4.4
- 4.0.0
- 4.0.1
- 4.0.2
- 4.0.3
- 4.0.4
- 4.1.0
- 4.1.1
- 4.1.2
- 4.1.3
- 4.1.4
- 4.1.5
- 4.2.0
- 4.2.1
- 4.2.2
- 4.3.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
kernel
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
kernel-xen
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
kernel
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2
realtime-kernel
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-xen | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 | realtime-kernel | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of the kernel-xen package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This issue did not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG as we did not have support for Xen hypervisor.
References (9)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00010.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00011.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/24/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2212 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=986295 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2212
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2212
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00010.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00011.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/24/6 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2212 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=986295 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2212 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2212 |
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