gsd-2023-46840
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:20
Details
Incorrect placement of a preprocessor directive in source code results
in logic that doesn't operate as intended when support for HVM guests is
compiled out of Xen.
Aliases
Aliases
{
"GSD": {
"alias": "CVE-2023-46840",
"id": "GSD-2023-46840"
},
"gsd": {
"metadata": {
"exploitCode": "unknown",
"remediation": "unknown",
"reportConfidence": "confirmed",
"type": "vulnerability"
},
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],
"details": "Incorrect placement of a preprocessor directive in source code results\nin logic that doesn\u0027t operate as intended when support for HVM guests is\ncompiled out of Xen.\n",
"id": "GSD-2023-46840",
"modified": "2023-12-13T01:20:52.989447Z",
"schema_version": "1.4.0"
}
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"product": {
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"version_value": "not down converted",
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"value": "Xen 4.17 and onwards are vulnerable. Xen 4.16 and older are not\nvulnerable.\n\nOnly Xen running on x86 platforms with an Intel-compatible VT-d IOMMU is\nvulnerable. Platforms from other manufacturers, or platforms without a\nVT-d IOMMU are not vulnerable.\n\nOnly systems where PCI devices are passed through to untrusted or\nsemi-trusted guests are vulnerable. Systems which do not assign PCI\ndevices to untrusted guests are not vulnerable.\n\nXen is only vulnerable when CONFIG_HVM is disabled at build time. Most\ndeployments of Xen are expected to have CONFIG_HVM enabled at build\ntime, and would therefore not be vulnerable.\n"
}
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"value": "This issue was discovered by Teddy Astie of Vates\n"
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"value": "Incorrect placement of a preprocessor directive in source code results\nin logic that doesn\u0027t operate as intended when support for HVM guests is\ncompiled out of Xen.\n"
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"name": "https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-450.html",
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"value": "Incorrect placement of a preprocessor directive in source code results\nin logic that doesn\u0027t operate as intended when support for HVM guests is\ncompiled out of Xen.\n"
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],
"id": "CVE-2023-46840",
"lastModified": "2024-03-20T13:00:16.367",
"metrics": {},
"published": "2024-03-20T11:15:08.180",
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"source": "security@xen.org",
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}
],
"sourceIdentifier": "security@xen.org",
"vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"
}
}
}
}
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