CVE-2022-23041

CVSS V2 Medium 4.4 CVSS V3 High 7
Description
Linux PV device frontends vulnerable to attacks by backends T[his CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] Several Linux PV device frontends are using the grant table interfaces for removing access rights of the backends in ways being subject to race conditions, resulting in potential data leaks, data corruption by malicious backends, and denial of service triggered by malicious backends: blkfront, netfront, scsifront and the gntalloc driver are testing whether a grant reference is still in use. If this is not the case, they assume that a following removal of the granted access will always succeed, which is not true in case the backend has mapped the granted page between those two operations. As a result the backend can keep access to the memory page of the guest no matter how the page will be used after the frontend I/O has finished. The xenbus driver has a similar problem, as it doesn't check the success of removing the granted access of a shared ring buffer. blkfront: CVE-2022-23036 netfront: CVE-2022-23037 scsifront: CVE-2022-23038 gntalloc: CVE-2022-23039 xenbus: CVE-2022-23040 blkfront, netfront, scsifront, usbfront, dmabuf, xenbus, 9p, kbdfront, and pvcalls are using a functionality to delay freeing a grant reference until it is no longer in use, but the freeing of the related data page is not synchronized with dropping the granted access. As a result the backend can keep access to the memory page even after it has been freed and then re-used for a different purpose. CVE-2022-23041 netfront will fail a BUG_ON() assertion if it fails to revoke access in the rx path. This will result in a Denial of Service (DoS) situation of the guest which can be triggered by the backend. CVE-2022-23042
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2022-23041
  • Assigner
  • security@xen.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2022-03-10T20:15:08
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-11-29T02:26:32
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.4
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/07/msg00000.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-396.txt Third Party Advisory
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 15:45:31 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-06 12:00:37 2022-03-10T20:15Z 2022-03-10T20:15:08 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-06 12:00:37 2022-11-29T02:26:32 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-06 12:00:37 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated
2022-12-06 12:00:43 References updated