CVE-2022-23033

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It is possible to have a valid pagetable entry without the valid bit set when a guest operating system uses set/way cache maintenance instructions. For instance, a guest issuing a set/way cache maintenance instruction, then calling the XENMEM_decrease_reservation hypercall to give back memory pages to Xen, might be able to retain access to those pages even after Xen started reusing them for other purposes."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "arm: la funci\u00f3n guest_physmap_remove_page no elimina los mapeos p2m Las funciones para eliminar una o m\u00e1s entradas de una tabla de p\u00e1ginas p2m de hu\u00e9sped en Arm (p2m_remove_mapping, guest_physmap_remove_page y p2m_set_entry con mfn establecido como INVALID_MFN) no borran realmente la entrada de la tabla de p\u00e1ginas si la entrada no presenta el bit v\u00e1lido establecido. Es posible tener una entrada v\u00e1lida en la tabla de p\u00e1ginas sin el bit v\u00e1lido establecido cuando un sistema operativo hu\u00e9sped usa instrucciones de mantenimiento de cach\u00e9 set/way. Por ejemplo, un hu\u00e9sped que emite una instrucci\u00f3n de mantenimiento de cach\u00e9 set/way, y luego llama a la hiperllamada XENMEM_decrease_reservation para devolver p\u00e1ginas de memoria a Xen, podr\u00eda ser capaz de retener el acceso a esas p\u00e1ginas incluso despu\u00e9s de que Xen empezara a reusarlas para otros prop\u00f3sitos"}], "id": "CVE-2022-23033", "lastModified": "2026-06-17T04:29:23.107", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "LOW", "accessVector": "LOCAL", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL", "baseScore": 4.6, "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL", "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL", "vectorString": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 3.9, "impactScore": 6.4, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": false}], "cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 5.9, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}, "published": "2022-01-25T14:15:08.967", "references": [{"source": "security@xen.org", "tags": ["Mailing List", "Patch", "Third Party Advisory"], "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/25/2"}, {"source": "security@xen.org", "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OMR6UBGJW6JKND7IILGQ2CU35EQPF3E3/"}, {"source": "security@xen.org", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-23"}, {"source": "security@xen.org", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5117"}, {"source": "security@xen.org", "tags": ["Vendor Advisory"], "url": "https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-393.txt"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Mailing List", "Patch", "Third Party Advisory"], "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/25/2"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OMR6UBGJW6JKND7IILGQ2CU35EQPF3E3/"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-23"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5117"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Vendor Advisory"], "url": "https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-393.txt"}], "sourceIdentifier": "security@xen.org", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-404"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}

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