SB2020102227 - Local denial of service in Xen
Published: October 22, 2020 Updated: November 29, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020102227
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-27675)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in drivers/xen/events/events_base.c. A malicious guest can trigger a dom0 crash by sending events for a paravirtualized device while simultaneously performing its reconfiguration.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.