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Message-Id: <E1YGn47-0001DT-OP@xenbits.xen.org>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 11:15:15 +0000
From: Xen.org security team <security@....org>
To: xen-announce@...ts.xen.org, xen-devel@...ts.xen.org,
xen-users@...ts.xen.org, oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
CC: Xen.org security team <security@....org>
Subject: Xen Security Advisory 118 - arm: vgic: incorrect rate limiting of
guest triggered logging
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Xen Security Advisory XSA-118
arm: vgic: incorrect rate limiting of guest triggered logging
ISSUE DESCRIPTION
=================
On ARM systems the code which deals with virtualising the GIC
distributor would, under various circumstances, log messages on a
guest accessible code path without appropriate rate limiting.
IMPACT
======
A malicious guest could cause repeated logging to the hypervisor
console, leading to a Denial of Service attack.
VULNERABLE SYSTEMS
==================
Xen 4.4 and later systems running on ARM hardware are vulnerable.
x86 systems are not affected.
MITIGATION
==========
The problematic log messages are issued with priority Warning.
Therefore they can be rate limited by adding "loglvl=error/warning" to the
hypervisor command line or suppressed entirely by adding "loglvl=error".
NOTE REGARDING LACK OF EMBARGO
==============================
This bug was publicly reported on xen-devel, before it was appreciated
that there was a security problem.
CREDITS
=======
This issue was discovered by Julien Grall.
RESOLUTION
==========
Applying the appropriate attached patch(es) resolves this issue.
xsa118-unstable-4.5-{1,2}.patch xen-unstable, Xen 4.5.x
xsa118-4.4.patch Xen 4.4.x
$ sha256sum xsa118*.patch
5741cfe408273bd80e1a03c21a5650f963d7103fd022c688730f55dcf5373433 xsa118-4.4.patch
ee24a4c5e12b67d7539f08b644080c87797f31b4402215cd4efbbc6114bffc25 xsa118-4.5-unstable-1.patch
bd532e3cd535fcdea51f43631a519012baff068cb62d2205fc25f2c823f031eb xsa118-4.5-unstable-2.patch
$
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Download attachment "xsa118-4.4.patch" of type "application/octet-stream" (4777 bytes)
Download attachment "xsa118-4.5-unstable-1.patch" of type "application/octet-stream" (10235 bytes)
Download attachment "xsa118-4.5-unstable-2.patch" of type "application/octet-stream" (4902 bytes)
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