An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.12.x allowing 32-bit Arm guest OS users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access) because certain bit iteration is mishandled. In a number of places bitmaps are being used by the hypervisor to track certain state. Iteration over all bits involves functions which may misbehave in certain corner cases: On 32-bit Arm accesses to bitmaps with bit a count which is a multiple of 32, an out of bounds access may occur. A malicious guest may cause a hypervisor crash or hang, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS). All versions of Xen are vulnerable. 32-bit Arm systems are vulnerable. 64-bit Arm systems are not vulnerable.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade xen | Feb 11, 2020 | Dec 11, 2019 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade xen | Jan 16, 2020 | Dec 11, 2019 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade app-emulation/xen.Upgrade app-emulation/xen-tools. | Mar 27, 2020 | Dec 11, 2019 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade xen-doc-htmlUpgrade xen-libsUpgrade xen-kmp-defaultUpgrade xen-libs-32bitUpgrade xen-tools-domUUpgrade xen-develUpgrade xenUpgrade xen-tools | Dec 14, 2019 | Dec 11, 2019 |
| Ubuntu | — | No solution exists | Jun 26, 2025 | Dec 11, 2019 |
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