Vulnerability in Xen
CVE-2023-34322
For migration as well as to work around kernels unaware of L1TF (see XSA-273), PV guests may be run in shadow paging mode. Since Xen itself needs to be mapped when PV guests run, Xen and shadowed PV guests run directly the respective shadow page tables. For 64-bit PV guests this means running on the shadow of the guest root page table. In the course of dealing with shortage of memory in the shadow pool associated with a domain, shadows of page tables may be torn down. This tearing down may include the shadow root page table that the CPU in question is presently running on. While a precaution exists to supposedly prevent the tearing down of the underlying live page table, the time window covered by that precaution isn't large enough.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (11.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 11th percentile — 11.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Xen — versions consult Xen advisory XSA-438
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-34322?
- CVE-2023-34322 is a high-severity vulnerability in Xen, classified under Improper Check for Dropped Privileges. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-01-05.
- How severe is CVE-2023-34322?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.