CVE-2020-29570

Published Dec 15, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 6.2 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x. Recording of the per-vCPU control block mapping maintained by Xen and that of pointers into the control block is reversed. The consumer assumes, seeing the former initialized, that the latter are also ready for use. Malicious or buggy guest kernels can mount a Denial of Service (DoS) attack affecting the entire system.

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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4812-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-21932 An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x. Recording of the per-vCPU control block mapping maintained by Xen and that of pointers into the control block is reversed. The consumer assumes, seeing the former initialized, that the latter are also ready for use. Malicious or buggy guest kernels can mount a Denial of Service (DoS) attack affecting the entire system.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 4:55 PM
Reserved
Dec 4, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 15, 2020, 5:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:11 AM