CVE-2022-26363

Published Jun 9, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 6.7 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
x86 pv: Insufficient care with non-coherent mappings T[his CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] Xen maintains a type reference count for pages, in addition to a regular reference count. This scheme is used to maintain invariants required for Xen's safety, e.g. PV guests may not have direct writeable access to pagetables; updates need auditing by Xen. Unfortunately, Xen's safety logic doesn't account for CPU-induced cache non-coherency; cases where the CPU can cause the content of the cache to be different to the content in main memory. In such cases, Xen's safety logic can incorrectly conclude that the contents of a page is safe.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5184-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-30922 x86 pv: Insufficient care with non-coherent mappings T[his CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] Xen maintains a type reference count for pages, in addition to a regular reference count. This scheme is used to maintain invariants required for Xen's safety, e.g. PV guests may not have direct writeable access to pagetables; updates need auditing by Xen. Unfortunately, Xen's safety logic doesn't account for CPU-induced cache non-coherency; cases where the CPU can cause the content of the cache to be different to the content in main memory. In such cases, Xen's safety logic can incorrectly conclude that the contents of a page is safe.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
XEN
Published
Updated
Aug 3, 2024, 5:03 AM
Reserved
Mar 2, 2022, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 9, 2022, 5:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:35 AM