[Xen-announce] Xen Security Advisory 40 (CVE-2013-0190) - Linux stack corruption in xen_failsafe_callback for 32bit PVOPS guests.

[Xen.org security team <security@xxxxxxx>]

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             Xen Security Advisory CVE-2013-0190 / XSA-40

 Linux stack corruption in xen_failsafe_callback for 32bit PVOPS guests.

ISSUE DESCRIPTION
=================

xen_failsafe_callback incorrectly sets up its stack if an iret fault is
injected by the hypervisor.

IMPACT
======

Malicious or buggy unprivileged userspace can cause the guest kernel to
crash, or operate erroneously.

VULNERABLE SYSTEMS
==================

All 32bit PVOPS versions of Linux are affected, since the introduction
of Xen PVOPS support in 2.6.23.  Classic-Xen kernels are not vulnerable.

MITIGATION
==========

This can be mitigated by not running 32bit PVOPS Linux guests.

32bit classic-Xen guests, all 64bit PV guests and all HVM guests are
unaffected.

RESOLUTION
==========

Applying the appropriate attached patch resolves this issue.

xsa40.patch

$ sha256sum xsa40*.patch
b6aa67b4605f6088f757ca28093d265c71e456906619d81d129bf656944ed721  xsa40.patch
$
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