CVE-2021-28693
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-06-30 10:32
Modified
2024-08-03 21:47
Severity ?
Summary
xen/arm: Boot modules are not scrubbed The bootloader will load boot modules (e.g. kernel, initramfs...) in a temporary area before they are copied by Xen to each domain memory. To ensure sensitive data is not leaked from the modules, Xen must "scrub" them before handing the page over to the allocator. Unfortunately, it was discovered that modules will not be scrubbed on Arm.
References
security@xen.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-30Third Party Advisory
security@xen.orghttps://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-372.txtVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-30Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-372.txtVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Xen xen Version: 4.13.x   < unspecified
Patch: next of 4.14.x
Xen xen Version: xen-unstable
Xen xen Version: 4.12.x
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