MOKSHA-2026-0038

Vulnerability from moksha – Published: 2026-04-24 06:00 – Updated:
VLAI
Title
Provisioning Type Manipulation via SR.sm_config allocation
Summary
A pool-operator in XAPI-based hypervisors (XenServer, XCP-ng) can corrupt storage provisioning behavior by modifying or removing the allocation key in SR.sm_config after SR creation. The key controls whether LVHD SRs use thin or thick provisioning. Changing allocation from thin to thick causes new VDIs to pre-allocate full LV size instead of thin-provisioning. On overcommitted SRs, this causes immediate storage exhaustion. Restoring the key does not shrink already-inflated LVs - recovery requires storage migration.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
8.3 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
References
Impacted products
Credits
Jakob Wolffhechel, Moksha
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