CVE-2020-27674
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-10-22 20:33
Modified
2024-08-04 16:18
Severity ?
Summary
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges by modifying kernel memory contents, because invalidation of TLB entries is mishandled during use of an INVLPG-like attack technique.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/19/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PZAM3LYJ5TZLSSNL3KXFILM46QKVTOUA/
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U3U4LNKKXU4UP4Z5XP6TMIWSML3QODPE/
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XIK57QJOVOPWH6RFRNMGOBCROBCKMDG2/
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-06Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4804Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-286.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
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