CVE-2020-15564

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El hiperv\u00ednculo VCPUOP_register_vcpu_info es usado por un invitado para registrar una regi\u00f3n compartida con el hipervisor. La regi\u00f3n se asignar\u00e1 al espacio de direcciones de Xen para que pueda ser accedida directamente. En Arm, se accede a la regi\u00f3n con instrucciones que requieren un alineamiento espec\u00edfico. Lamentablemente, no se comprueba que la direcci\u00f3n proporcionada por el invitado est\u00e9 correctamente alineada. Como resultado, un invitado malicioso podr\u00eda causar un bloqueo del hipervisor al aprobar una direcci\u00f3n desalineada. Un administrador invitado malicioso puede causar un bloqueo del hipervisor, resultando en una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (DoS). Todas las versiones de Xen son vulnerables. Solo los sistemas de Arm son vulnerables. 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