CVE-2021-28688

Published Apr 6, 2021

Last updated 2 years ago

Overview

Description
The fix for XSA-365 includes initialization of pointers such that subsequent cleanup code wouldn't use uninitialized or stale values. This initialization went too far and may under certain conditions also overwrite pointers which are in need of cleaning up. The lack of cleanup would result in leaking persistent grants. The leak in turn would prevent fully cleaning up after a respective guest has died, leaving around zombie domains. All Linux versions having the fix for XSA-365 applied are vulnerable. XSA-365 was classified to affect versions back to at least 3.11.
Source
security@xen.org
NVD status
Analyzed

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
6.5
Impact score
4
Exploitability score
2
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
2.1
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-665

Configurations