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CVE-2020-29571
Date: December 15, 2020
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x. A bounds check common to most operation time functions specific to FIFO event channels depends on the CPU observing consistent state. While the producer side uses appropriately ordered writes, the consumer side isn't protected against re-ordered reads, and may hence end up de-referencing a NULL pointer. Malicious or buggy guest kernels can mount a Denial of Service (DoS) attack affecting the entire system. Only Arm systems may be vulnerable. Whether a system is vulnerable depends on the specific CPU. x86 systems are not vulnerable.
Language: C
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Weakness Type (CWE)
NULL Pointer Dereference
CWE-476CVSS v3.1
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| Attack Vector (AV): | LOCAL |
| Attack Complexity (AC): | LOW |
| Privileges Required (PR): | NONE |
| User Interaction (UI): | NONE |
| Scope (S): | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality (C): | NONE |
| Integrity (I): | NONE |
| Availability (A): | HIGH |
CVSS v2
| Base Score: |
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| Access Vector (AV): | LOCAL |
| Access Complexity (AC): | LOW |
| Authentication (AU): | NONE |
| Confidentiality (C): | NONE |
| Integrity (I): | NONE |
| Availability (A): | COMPLETE |
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