Xen 4.0, and 4.1, when running a 64-bit PV guest on older AMD CPUs, does not properly protect against a certain AMD processor bug, which allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host hang) via sequential execution of instructions across a non-canonical boundary, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0217.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xen | Xen | 4.0.0 (including) | 4.0.0 (including) |
| Xen | Xen | 4.1.0 (including) | 4.1.0 (including) |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | RedHat | kernel-0:2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 | * |
| Xen | Ubuntu | oneiric | * |
| Xen | Ubuntu | precise | * |
| Xen | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Xen-3.1 | Ubuntu | hardy | * |
| Xen-3.2 | Ubuntu | hardy | * |
| Xen-3.3 | Ubuntu | lucid | * |
| Xen-3.3 | Ubuntu | natty | * |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-06/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51413
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
- http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/25759.pdf
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2501
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53961
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-06/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51413
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
- http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/25759.pdf
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2501
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53961