Description
Arm provides multiple helpers to clean & invalidate the cache
for a given region. This is, for instance, used when allocating
guest memory to ensure any writes (such as the ones during scrubbing)
have reached memory before handing over the page to a guest.
Unfortunately, the arithmetics in the helpers can overflow and would
then result to skip the cache cleaning/invalidation. Therefore there
is no guarantee when all the writes will reach the memory.
This undefined behavior was meant to be addressed by XSA-437, but the
approach was not sufficient.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xen | Xen | — | — |
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.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | xen | 4.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | xen | 4.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | xen | 4.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1~deb12u1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | xen | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | xen | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | xen | No fix yet | — |
Alpine
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine v3.24 | xen | 4.18.0-r2 | — |
| Alpine v3.23 | xen | 4.18.0-r2 | — |
| Alpine v3.22 | xen | 4.18.0-r2 | — |
| Alpine v3.21 | xen | 4.18.0-r2 | — |
| Alpine v3.20 | xen | 4.18.0-r2 | — |
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine v3.19 | xen | 4.18.0-r2 | — |
| Alpine v3.18 | xen | 4.17.2-r5 | — |
| Alpine v3.17 | xen | 4.16.5-r5 | — |
| Alpine v3.16 | xen | 4.16.5-r5 | — |
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2023-3133 Xen: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Offenlegung von Informationen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Sep 22, 2024
References
- https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-447.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XLL6SQ6IKFYXLYWITYZCRV5IBRK5G35R/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JFVKWYQFRUU3CAS53THTUKXEOUDWI42G/