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Unscored CVE-2021-28696 EUVD-2021-15353GHSA-p2f6-35c3-q43f

IOMMU page mapping issues on x86 T[his CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities cor…

Published Aug 27, 2021 · Updated Aug 3, 2024 · Assigned by XEN

Description

IOMMU page mapping issues on x86 T[his CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] Both AMD and Intel allow ACPI tables to specify regions of memory which should be left untranslated, which typically means these addresses should pass the translation phase unaltered. While these are typically device specific ACPI properties, they can also be specified to apply to a range of devices, or even all devices. On all systems with such regions Xen failed to prevent guests from undoing/replacing such mappings (CVE-2021-28694). On AMD systems, where a discontinuous range is specified by firmware, the supposedly-excluded middle range will also be identity-mapped (CVE-2021-28695). Further, on AMD systems, upon de-assigment of a physical device from a guest, the identity mappings would be left in place, allowing a guest continued access to ranges of memory which it shouldn't have access to anymore (CVE-2021-28696).

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Xen xen 4.11.x, xen-unstable, 4.12.x, 4.14.x, 4.15.x, 4.13.x —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 xen 4.14.3-1 —
Debian 13 xen 4.14.3-1 —
Debian 12 xen 4.14.3-1 —
Debian 11 xen 4.14.3-1~deb11u1 DSA-4977-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 xen No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS xen No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 xen No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS xen No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS xen No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS xen No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS xen No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS xen No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP3 xen 4.14.2_04-3.9.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2923-1
SLES 15 SP2 xen 4.13.3_02-3.34.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2922-1
SLES 15 SP1 xen 4.12.4_12-3.52.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2925-1
SLES 12 SP5 xen 4.12.4_12-3.49.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2924-1
SLES 12 SP4 xen 4.11.4_20-2.60.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2955-1
Show 19 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 12 SP3 xen 4.9.4_20-3.91.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2957-1
SLES 12 SP2 xen 4.7.6_16-43.79.5 SUSE-SU-2021:3322-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP1 xen 4.12.4_12-3.52.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2925-1
SLES for SAP 15 xen 4.10.4_26-3.61.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2943-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 xen 4.12.4_12-3.49.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2924-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP4 xen 4.11.4_20-2.60.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2955-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP3 xen 4.9.4_20-3.91.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2957-1
SLE Micro 5.0 xen 4.13.3_02-3.34.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2922-1
SLE HPC 15 SP1 xen 4.12.4_12-3.52.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2925-1
SLE HPC 15 xen 4.10.4_26-3.61.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2943-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 xen 4.11.4_20-2.60.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2955-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 xen 4.9.4_20-3.91.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2957-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 xen 4.11.4_20-2.60.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2955-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 xen 4.9.4_20-3.91.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2957-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 xen 4.12.4_12-3.52.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2925-1
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 xen 4.12.4_12-3.52.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2925-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 xen 4.12.4_12-3.52.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2925-1
SUSE HPE Helion OpenStack 8 xen 4.9.4_20-3.91.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2957-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 xen 4.12.4_12-3.52.1 SUSE-SU-2021:2925-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.3 xen 4.14.2_04-3.9.1 openSUSE-SU-2021:2923-1
openSUSE Leap 15.2 xen 4.13.3_02-lp152.2.27.1 openSUSE-SU-2021:1236-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 xen 4.15.0-r2 —
Alpine v3.23 xen 4.15.0-r2 —
Alpine v3.22 xen 4.15.0-r2 —
Alpine v3.21 xen 4.15.0-r2 —
Alpine v3.20 xen 4.15.0-r2 —
Show 9 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.19 xen 4.15.0-r2 —
Alpine v3.18 xen 4.15.0-r2 —
Alpine v3.17 xen 4.15.0-r2 —
Alpine v3.16 xen 4.15.0-r2 —
Alpine v3.15 xen 4.15.0-r2 —
Alpine v3.14 xen 4.15.0-r2 —
Alpine v3.13 xen 4.14.2-r0 —
Alpine v3.12 xen 4.13.3-r2 —
Alpine v3.11 xen 4.13.3-r2 —

Advisories 11

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