Upstream information

CVE-2012-0217 at MITRE

Description

The x86-64 kernel system-call functionality in Xen 4.1.2 and earlier, as used in Citrix XenServer 6.0.2 and earlier and other products; Oracle Solaris 11 and earlier; illumos before r13724; Joyent SmartOS before 20120614T184600Z; FreeBSD before 9.0-RELEASE-p3; NetBSD 6.0 Beta and earlier; Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and R2 SP1 and Windows 7 Gold and SP1; and possibly other operating systems, when running on an Intel processor, incorrectly uses the sysret path in cases where a certain address is not a canonical address, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application. NOTE: because this issue is due to incorrect use of the Intel specification, it should have been split into separate identifiers; however, there was some value in preserving the original mapping of the multi-codebase coordinated-disclosure effort to a single identifier.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.2
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete

Note from the SUSE Security Team on the xen package

This issue likely only affects the XEN hypervisor itself, unless otherwise stated. The userland utilities in -tools and libraries in -libs are shipped together with the xen hypervisor as they are built from one source and do not contain hypervisor specific fixes.

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 757537 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 764077 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 785429 [RESOLVED / INVALID]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
  • libvirt >= 0.9.6-0.15.71
  • libvirt-client >= 0.9.6-0.15.71
  • libvirt-client-32bit >= 0.9.6-0.15.71
  • libvirt-devel >= 0.9.6-0.15.71
  • libvirt-devel-32bit >= 0.9.6-0.15.71
  • libvirt-doc >= 0.9.6-0.15.71
  • libvirt-python >= 0.9.6-0.15.71
  • virt-manager >= 0.9.0-3.17.26
  • virt-utils >= 1.1.7-0.11.15
  • vm-install >= 0.5.9-0.7.13
  • xen >= 4.1.2_18-0.9.1
  • xen-devel >= 4.1.2_18-0.9.1
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.1.2_18-0.9.1
  • xen-doc-pdf >= 4.1.2_18-0.9.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.1.2_18_3.0.31_0.9-0.9.1
  • xen-kmp-pae >= 4.1.2_18_3.0.31_0.9-0.9.1
  • xen-kmp-trace >= 4.1.2_18_3.0.31_0.9-0.9.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.1.2_18-0.9.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.1.2_18-0.9.1
  • xen-tools >= 4.1.2_18-0.9.1
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.1.2_18-0.9.1
  • yast2-vm >= 2.17.10-0.5.42
 Patchnames:
sdksp2-xen-201206
sledsp2-xen-201206
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • xen-devel >= 4.4.2_08-1.7
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA xen-devel-4.4.2_08-1.7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
  • xen >= 4.5.1_12-2.3
  • xen-devel >= 4.5.1_12-2.3
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.5.1_12_k3.12.49_11-2.3
  • xen-libs >= 4.5.1_12-2.3
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.5.1_12-2.3
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 GA xen-4.5.1_12-2.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 GA xen-devel-4.5.1_12-2.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
  • xen >= 4.7.0_12-23.4
  • xen-devel >= 4.7.0_12-23.4
  • xen-libs >= 4.7.0_12-23.4
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.7.0_12-23.4
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 GA xen-4.7.0_12-23.4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 GA xen-devel-4.7.0_12-23.4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
  • xen >= 4.9.0_08-2.2
  • xen-devel >= 4.9.0_08-2.2
  • xen-libs >= 4.9.0_08-2.2
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.9.0_08-2.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 GA xen-4.9.0_08-2.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 GA xen-devel-4.9.0_08-2.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
  • xen >= 4.11.0_08-1.11
  • xen-devel >= 4.11.0_08-1.11
  • xen-libs >= 4.11.0_08-1.11
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.11.0_08-1.11
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 GA xen-4.11.0_08-1.11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 GA xen-devel-4.11.0_08-1.11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
  • xen >= 4.4.1_06-2.2
  • xen-devel >= 4.4.1_06-2.2
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.4.1_06_k3.12.28_4-2.2
  • xen-libs >= 4.4.1_06-2.2
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.4.1_06-2.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 GA xen-4.4.1_06-2.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 GA xen-devel-4.4.1_06-2.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15
  • xen-libs >= 4.10.1_04-1.4
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.10.1_04-1.4
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 GA xen-libs-4.10.1_04-1.4
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • xen >= 4.12.1_06-1.1
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.12.1_06-1.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.12.1_06-1.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.12.1_06-1.1
  • xen-tools >= 4.12.1_06-1.1
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.12.1_06-1.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 GA xen-4.12.1_06-1.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
  • xen >= 4.10.1_04-1.4
  • xen-devel >= 4.10.1_04-1.4
  • xen-libs >= 4.10.1_04-1.4
  • xen-tools >= 4.10.1_04-1.4
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.10.1_04-1.4
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 GA xen-libs-4.10.1_04-1.4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 GA xen-4.10.1_04-1.4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15
  • xen >= 4.10.1_04-1.4
  • xen-devel >= 4.10.1_04-1.4
  • xen-tools >= 4.10.1_04-1.4
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 GA xen-4.10.1_04-1.4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2
  • libvirt >= 0.9.6-0.15.71
  • libvirt-client >= 0.9.6-0.15.71
  • libvirt-client-32bit >= 0.9.6-0.15.71
  • libvirt-devel >= 0.9.6-0.15.71
  • libvirt-devel-32bit >= 0.9.6-0.15.71
  • libvirt-doc >= 0.9.6-0.15.71
  • libvirt-python >= 0.9.6-0.15.71
  • virt-manager >= 0.9.0-3.17.26
  • virt-utils >= 1.1.7-0.11.15
  • vm-install >= 0.5.9-0.7.13
  • xen >= 4.1.2_18-0.9.1
  • xen-devel >= 4.1.2_18-0.9.1
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.1.2_18-0.9.1
  • xen-doc-pdf >= 4.1.2_18-0.9.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.1.2_18_3.0.31_0.9-0.9.1
  • xen-kmp-pae >= 4.1.2_18_3.0.31_0.9-0.9.1
  • xen-kmp-trace >= 4.1.2_18_3.0.31_0.9-0.9.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.1.2_18-0.9.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.1.2_18-0.9.1
  • xen-tools >= 4.1.2_18-0.9.1
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.1.2_18-0.9.1
  • yast2-vm >= 2.17.10-0.5.42
 Patchnames:
sdksp2-xen-201206
slessp2-xen-201206
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • xen >= 4.2.2_04-0.7.5
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.2.2_04-0.7.5
  • xen-doc-pdf >= 4.2.2_04-0.7.5
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.2.2_04_3.0.76_0.11-0.7.5
  • xen-kmp-pae >= 4.2.2_04_3.0.76_0.11-0.7.5
  • xen-libs >= 4.2.2_04-0.7.5
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.2.2_04-0.7.5
  • xen-tools >= 4.2.2_04-0.7.5
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.2.2_04-0.7.5
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA xen-4.2.2_04-0.7.5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • xen >= 4.4.2_08-1.7
  • xen-devel >= 4.4.2_08-1.7
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.4.2_08-1.7
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.4.2_08_3.0.101_63-1.7
  • xen-kmp-pae >= 4.4.2_08_3.0.101_63-1.7
  • xen-libs >= 4.4.2_08-1.7
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.4.2_08-1.7
  • xen-tools >= 4.4.2_08-1.7
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.4.2_08-1.7
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA xen-4.4.2_08-1.7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA xen-devel-4.4.2_08-1.7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • xen >= 4.5.1_12-2.3
  • xen-devel >= 4.5.1_12-2.3
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.5.1_12-2.3
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.5.1_12_k3.12.49_11-2.3
  • xen-libs >= 4.5.1_12-2.3
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.5.1_12-2.3
  • xen-tools >= 4.5.1_12-2.3
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.5.1_12-2.3
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 GA xen-4.5.1_12-2.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 GA xen-devel-4.5.1_12-2.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • xen >= 4.7.0_12-23.4
  • xen-devel >= 4.7.0_12-23.4
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.7.0_12-23.4
  • xen-libs >= 4.7.0_12-23.4
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.7.0_12-23.4
  • xen-tools >= 4.7.0_12-23.4
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.7.0_12-23.4
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 GA xen-4.7.0_12-23.4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 GA xen-devel-4.7.0_12-23.4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • xen >= 4.9.0_08-2.2
  • xen-devel >= 4.9.0_08-2.2
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.9.0_08-2.2
  • xen-libs >= 4.9.0_08-2.2
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.9.0_08-2.2
  • xen-tools >= 4.9.0_08-2.2
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.9.0_08-2.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 GA xen-4.9.0_08-2.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 GA xen-devel-4.9.0_08-2.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • xen >= 4.11.0_08-1.11
  • xen-devel >= 4.11.0_08-1.11
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.11.0_08-1.11
  • xen-libs >= 4.11.0_08-1.11
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.11.0_08-1.11
  • xen-tools >= 4.11.0_08-1.11
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.11.0_08-1.11
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 GA xen-4.11.0_08-1.11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 GA xen-devel-4.11.0_08-1.11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • xen >= 4.12.1_06-1.1
  • xen-devel >= 4.12.1_06-1.1
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.12.1_06-1.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.12.1_06-1.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.12.1_06-1.1
  • xen-tools >= 4.12.1_06-1.1
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.12.1_06-1.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 GA xen-4.12.1_06-1.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 GA xen-devel-4.12.1_06-1.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • xen >= 4.4.1_06-2.2
  • xen-devel >= 4.4.1_06-2.2
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.4.1_06-2.2
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.4.1_06_k3.12.28_4-2.2
  • xen-libs >= 4.4.1_06-2.2
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.4.1_06-2.2
  • xen-tools >= 4.4.1_06-2.2
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.4.1_06-2.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 GA xen-4.4.1_06-2.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 GA xen-devel-4.4.1_06-2.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
  • xen-devel >= 4.5.1_12-2.3
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 GA xen-devel-4.5.1_12-2.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2
  • xen-devel >= 4.7.0_12-23.4
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 GA xen-devel-4.7.0_12-23.4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
  • xen-devel >= 4.9.0_08-2.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 GA xen-devel-4.9.0_08-2.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4
  • xen-devel >= 4.11.0_08-1.11
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 GA xen-devel-4.11.0_08-1.11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5
  • xen-devel >= 4.12.1_06-1.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 GA xen-devel-4.12.1_06-1.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
  • xen-devel >= 4.4.1_06-2.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 GA xen-devel-4.4.1_06-2.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
  • libvirt-devel >= 0.9.6-0.15.71
  • libvirt-devel-32bit >= 0.9.6-0.15.71
  • xen-devel >= 4.1.2_18-0.9.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp2-xen-201206
openSUSE Leap 15.0
  • xen-libs >= 4.10.0_20-lp150.1.2
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Leap 15.0 GA xen-libs-4.10.0_20-lp150.1.2
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • xen >= 4.7.0_12-1.3
  • xen-devel >= 4.7.0_12-1.3
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.7.0_12-1.3
  • xen-libs >= 4.7.0_12-1.3
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.7.0_12-1.3
  • xen-tools >= 4.7.0_12-1.3
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.7.0_12-1.3
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10196

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP2 xen Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 xen Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for SAP Enterprise Search xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4-LTSS xen Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS xen Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 xen Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS xen Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS xen Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP1 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2 xen Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 xen Unsupported

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 08:35:34 2013
CVE page last modified: Tue Oct 1 17:12:41 2024