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Bug 1486707 - (CVE-2017-14316, xsa231) CVE-2017-14316 xsa231 xen: Missing NUMA node parameter verification (XSA-231)
CVE-2017-14316 xsa231 xen: Missing NUMA node parameter verification (XSA-231)
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Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Assigned To: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1490884
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Reported: 2017-08-30 07:55 EDT by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2017-09-12 08:23 EDT (History)
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-08-30 07:55:41 EDT
ISSUE DESCRIPTION
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The function `alloc_heap_pages` allows callers to specify the first
NUMA node that should be used for allocations through the `memflags`
parameter; the node is extracted using the `MEMF_get_node` macro.

While the function checks to see if the special constant
`NUMA_NO_NODE` is specified, it otherwise does not handle the case
where `node >= MAX_NUMNODES`.  This allows an out-of-bounds access
to an internal array.

IMPACT
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An attacker using crafted hypercalls can execute arbitrary code within
Xen.

VULNERABLE SYSTEMS
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All versions of Xen are affected.

Both ARM and x86 are affected.

Both systems running HVM guests and system running PV guests are
affected.

MITIGATION
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No known mitigation.

External References:

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-231.html
Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2017-09-12 08:22:08 EDT
Acknowledgments:

Name: Matthew Daley
Comment 2 Adam Mariš 2017-09-12 08:23:53 EDT
Created xen tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1490884]

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