An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x. Some OSes (such as Linux, FreeBSD, and NetBSD) are processing watch events using a single thread. If the events are received faster than the thread is able to handle, they will get queued. As the queue is unbounded, a guest may be able to trigger an OOM in the backend. All systems with a FreeBSD, Linux, or NetBSD (any version) dom0 are vulnerable.
References
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00018.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00010.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-30 | Third Party Advisory |
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4843 | Third Party Advisory |
https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-349.html | Patch Vendor Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2020-12-15T16:52:04
Updated: 2021-07-12T04:06:12
Reserved: 2020-12-04T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2020-29568
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NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2020-12-15T17:15:14.660
Modified: 2022-04-26T16:12:15.237
Link: CVE-2020-29568
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Redhat Information
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CWE