Upstream information

CVE-2015-4163 at MITRE

Description

GNTTABOP_swap_grant_ref in Xen 4.2 through 4.5 does not check the grant table operation version, which allows local guest domains to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a hypercall without a GNTTABOP_setup_table or GNTTABOP_set_version.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.9
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
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 entry: 932790 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
  • xen >= 4.2.5_08-0.9.1
  • xen-devel >= 4.2.5_08-0.9.1
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.2.5_08-0.9.1
  • xen-doc-pdf >= 4.2.5_08-0.9.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.2.5_08_3.0.101_0.47.55-0.9.1
  • xen-kmp-pae >= 4.2.5_08_3.0.101_0.47.55-0.9.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.2.5_08-0.9.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.2.5_08-0.9.1
  • xen-tools >= 4.2.5_08-0.9.1
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.2.5_08-0.9.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp3-xen-201506
sledsp3-xen-201506
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
  • xen >= 4.4.2_06-21.1
  • xen-devel >= 4.4.2_06-21.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.4.2_06_k3.12.39_47-21.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.4.2_06-21.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.4.2_06-21.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-262
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2015-262
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS
  • xen >= 4.1.6_08-0.13.1
  • xen-devel >= 4.1.6_08-0.13.1
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.1.6_08-0.13.1
  • xen-doc-pdf >= 4.1.6_08-0.13.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.1.6_08_3.0.101_0.7.29-0.13.1
  • xen-kmp-pae >= 4.1.6_08_3.0.101_0.7.29-0.13.1
  • xen-kmp-trace >= 4.1.6_08_3.0.101_0.7.29-0.13.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.1.6_08-0.13.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.1.6_08-0.13.1
  • xen-tools >= 4.1.6_08-0.13.1
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.1.6_08-0.13.1
 Patchnames:
slessp2-xen-201506
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3
  • xen >= 4.2.5_08-0.9.1
  • xen-devel >= 4.2.5_08-0.9.1
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.2.5_08-0.9.1
  • xen-doc-pdf >= 4.2.5_08-0.9.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.2.5_08_3.0.101_0.47.55-0.9.1
  • xen-kmp-pae >= 4.2.5_08_3.0.101_0.47.55-0.9.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.2.5_08-0.9.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.2.5_08-0.9.1
  • xen-tools >= 4.2.5_08-0.9.1
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.2.5_08-0.9.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp3-xen-201506
slessp3-xen-201506
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
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  • xen >= 4.4.2_06-21.1
  • xen-devel >= 4.4.2_06-21.1
  • xen-doc-html >= 4.4.2_06-21.1
  • xen-kmp-default >= 4.4.2_06_k3.12.39_47-21.1
  • xen-libs >= 4.4.2_06-21.1
  • xen-libs-32bit >= 4.4.2_06-21.1
  • xen-tools >= 4.4.2_06-21.1
  • xen-tools-domU >= 4.4.2_06-21.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2015-262
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-262
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
  • xen-devel >= 4.2.5_08-0.9.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp3-xen-201506
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
  • xen-devel >= 4.4.2_06-21.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2015-262

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.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 xen Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 xen Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS xen Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 xen Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 xen Released

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri May 29 12:24:22 2015
CVE page last modified: Tue Dec 17 20:00:40 2024