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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2020-27672: Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2020-27672: Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
10/22/2020
Created
11/13/2020
Added
11/12/2020
Modified
11/26/2024

Description

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x allowing x86 guest OS users to cause a host OS denial of service, achieve data corruption, or possibly gain privileges by exploiting a race condition that leads to a use-after-free involving 2MiB and 1GiB superpages.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-emulation-xen
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-emulation-xen-tools

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