Bug 965317 (CVE-2016-2271) - VUL-0: CVE-2016-2271: xen: VMX: guest user mode may crash guest with non-canonical RIP (XSA-170)
Summary: VUL-0: CVE-2016-2271: xen: VMX: guest user mode may crash guest with non-cano...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: CVE-2016-2271
Product: SUSE Security Incidents
Classification: Novell Products
Component: Incidents (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other Other
: P3 - Medium : Normal
Target Milestone: ---
Deadline: 2016-05-06
Assignee: Security Team bot
QA Contact: Security Team bot
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Whiteboard: maint:running:62552:low maint:rele...
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Reported: 2016-02-05 13:17 UTC by Johannes Segitz
Modified: 2021-01-21 18:28 UTC (History)
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Description Johannes Segitz 2016-02-05 13:17:46 UTC 
Created attachment 664587 [details]
upstream patch

ISSUE DESCRIPTION
=================

VMX refuses attempts to enter a guest with an instruction pointer which
doesn't satisfy certain requirements.  In particular, the instruction
pointer needs to be canonical when entering a guest currently in 64-bit
mode.  This is the case even if the VM entry information specifies an
exception to be injected immediately (in which case the bad instruction
pointer would possibly never get used for other than pushing onto the
exception handler's stack).  Provided the guest OS allows user mode to
map the virtual memory space immediately below the canonical/non-
canonical address boundary, a non-canonical instruction pointer can
result even from normal user mode execution. VM entry failure, however,
is fatal to the guest.

IMPACT
======

Malicious HVM guest user mode code may be able to crash the guest.

VULNERABLE SYSTEMS
==================

All Xen versions are affected.

Only systems using Intel or Cyrix CPUs are affected. ARM and AMD
systems are unaffected.

Only HVM guests are affected.

MITIGATION
==========

Running only PV guests will avoid this vulnerability.

Running HVM guests on only AMD hardware will also avoid this
vulnerability.

RESOLUTION
==========

Applying the appropriate attached patch works around this issue.  Note
that it does so in a way which isn't architecturally correct, but no
better solution has been found (nor suggested by Intel).

xsa170.patch           xen-unstable, Xen 4.6.x
xsa170-4.5.patch       Xen 4.5.x, Xen 4.4.x
xsa170-4.3.patch       Xen 4.3.x

$ sha256sum xsa170*
cd1e4ba7cc31f8f7442c1c8a58b1bf9616fd3620bc2d224e2e930c4c78116366  xsa170.patch
864b980105da2bcc83b6f8dc3207cd87916b1dacd570cbafdcaa03843128d08f  xsa170-4.3.patch
8922b38e9b6636b4ec7234e9f2b7e121b7b851cbefdd453d866eef2beba64d72  xsa170-4.5.patch
$

DEPLOYMENT DURING EMBARGO
=========================

Deployment of the patches and/or mitigations described above (or
others which are substantially similar) is permitted during the
embargo, even on public-facing systems with untrusted guest users and
administrators.

But: Distribution of updated software is prohibited (except to other
members of the predisclosure list).

Predisclosure list members who wish to deploy significantly different
patches and/or mitigations, please contact the Xen Project Security
Team.
Comment 1 Swamp Workflow Management 2016-02-05 23:00:46 UTC 
bugbot adjusting priority
Comment 2 Johannes Segitz 2016-02-11 09:16:54 UTC 
This is CVE-2016-2271
Comment 3 Charles Arnold 2016-02-27 00:49:40 UTC 
This bug may be included in one or more of the
submissions listed below.

SUSE:SLE-12-SP1:Update: 98638
SUSE:SLE-12:Update: 98642
SUSE:SLE-11-SP4:Update: 98646
SUSE:SLE-11-SP3:Update: 98650
SUSE:SLE-11-SP2:Update: 98654
SUSE:SLE-11-SP1:Update:Teradata: 98658
SUSE:SLE-11-SP1:Update: 98662
SUSE:SLE-10-SP4:Update:Test: 98666
SUSE:SLE-10-SP3:Update:Test: 98670

openSUSE:Factory: 362063
openSUSE:Leap:42.1:Update: 362057
openSUSE:13.2:Update: 362060
Comment 4 Swamp Workflow Management 2016-03-24 12:16:10 UTC 
SUSE-SU-2016:0873-1: An update that solves 43 vulnerabilities and has 5 fixes is now available.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 864391,864655,864769,864805,864811,877642,897654,901508,902737,924018,928393,945404,945989,954872,956829,957162,957698,957988,958007,958009,958491,958523,958917,959005,959332,959387,959695,960334,960707,960725,960835,960861,960862,961332,961358,961691,962320,963782,963923,964413,965315,965317,967012,967013,967969,969121,969122,969350
CVE References: CVE-2013-4533,CVE-2013-4534,CVE-2013-4537,CVE-2013-4538,CVE-2013-4539,CVE-2014-0222,CVE-2014-3640,CVE-2014-3689,CVE-2014-7815,CVE-2014-9718,CVE-2015-1779,CVE-2015-5278,CVE-2015-6855,CVE-2015-7512,CVE-2015-7549,CVE-2015-8345,CVE-2015-8504,CVE-2015-8550,CVE-2015-8554,CVE-2015-8555,CVE-2015-8558,CVE-2015-8567,CVE-2015-8568,CVE-2015-8613,CVE-2015-8619,CVE-2015-8743,CVE-2015-8744,CVE-2015-8745,CVE-2015-8817,CVE-2015-8818,CVE-2016-1568,CVE-2016-1570,CVE-2016-1571,CVE-2016-1714,CVE-2016-1922,CVE-2016-1981,CVE-2016-2198,CVE-2016-2270,CVE-2016-2271,CVE-2016-2391,CVE-2016-2392,CVE-2016-2538,CVE-2016-2841
Sources used:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1 (src):    xen-4.5.2_06-7.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (src):    xen-4.5.2_06-7.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (src):    xen-4.5.2_06-7.1
Comment 5 Swamp Workflow Management 2016-04-05 15:15:01 UTC 
SUSE-SU-2016:0955-1: An update that solves 46 vulnerabilities and has 5 fixes is now available.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 864391,864655,864673,864678,864682,864769,864805,864811,877642,897654,901508,902737,924018,928393,945404,945989,954872,956829,957162,957988,958007,958009,958491,958523,958917,959005,959387,959695,959928,960334,960707,960725,960835,960861,960862,961332,961358,961691,962320,963782,963923,964413,965315,965317,967012,967013,967630,967969,969121,969122,969350
CVE References: CVE-2013-4527,CVE-2013-4529,CVE-2013-4530,CVE-2013-4533,CVE-2013-4534,CVE-2013-4537,CVE-2013-4538,CVE-2013-4539,CVE-2014-0222,CVE-2014-3640,CVE-2014-3689,CVE-2014-7815,CVE-2014-9718,CVE-2015-1779,CVE-2015-5278,CVE-2015-6855,CVE-2015-7512,CVE-2015-7549,CVE-2015-8345,CVE-2015-8504,CVE-2015-8550,CVE-2015-8554,CVE-2015-8555,CVE-2015-8558,CVE-2015-8567,CVE-2015-8568,CVE-2015-8613,CVE-2015-8619,CVE-2015-8743,CVE-2015-8744,CVE-2015-8745,CVE-2015-8817,CVE-2015-8818,CVE-2016-1568,CVE-2016-1570,CVE-2016-1571,CVE-2016-1714,CVE-2016-1922,CVE-2016-1981,CVE-2016-2198,CVE-2016-2270,CVE-2016-2271,CVE-2016-2391,CVE-2016-2392,CVE-2016-2538,CVE-2016-2841
Sources used:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (src):    xen-4.4.4_02-32.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (src):    xen-4.4.4_02-32.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4 (src):    xen-4.4.4_02-32.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (src):    xen-4.4.4_02-32.1
Comment 6 Swamp Workflow Management 2016-04-08 12:44:53 UTC 
An update workflow for this issue was started.
This issue was rated as low.
Please submit fixed packages until 2016-05-06.
When done, reassign the bug to security-team@suse.de.
https://swamp.suse.de/webswamp/wf/62613
Comment 7 Swamp Workflow Management 2016-04-08 17:15:28 UTC 
openSUSE-SU-2016:0995-1: An update that fixes 33 vulnerabilities is now available.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 944463,944697,945989,956829,960334,960707,960725,960835,960861,960862,961332,961358,961691,962335,962360,962611,962627,962632,962642,962758,963782,964413,964431,964452,964644,964925,964929,964950,965156,965315,965317,967012,967969
CVE References: CVE-2013-4529,CVE-2013-4530,CVE-2013-4533,CVE-2013-4534,CVE-2013-4537,CVE-2013-4538,CVE-2013-4539,CVE-2014-0222,CVE-2014-3689,CVE-2014-7815,CVE-2014-9718,CVE-2015-1779,CVE-2015-5239,CVE-2015-5278,CVE-2015-6815,CVE-2015-6855,CVE-2015-7512,CVE-2015-8345,CVE-2015-8613,CVE-2015-8619,CVE-2015-8743,CVE-2015-8744,CVE-2015-8745,CVE-2016-1568,CVE-2016-1570,CVE-2016-1571,CVE-2016-1714,CVE-2016-1981,CVE-2016-2198,CVE-2016-2270,CVE-2016-2271,CVE-2016-2392,CVE-2016-2538
Sources used:
openSUSE 13.2 (src):    xen-4.4.4_02-43.1
Comment 8 Swamp Workflow Management 2016-04-26 14:12:44 UTC 
SUSE-SU-2016:1154-1: An update that solves 26 vulnerabilities and has two fixes is now available.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 864391,864655,864769,864805,864811,877642,897654,901508,902737,945989,957162,957988,958007,958009,958491,958523,959005,960707,960725,960861,960862,961691,963782,965315,965317,967013,967630,969350
CVE References: CVE-2013-4533,CVE-2013-4534,CVE-2013-4537,CVE-2013-4538,CVE-2013-4539,CVE-2014-0222,CVE-2014-3640,CVE-2014-3689,CVE-2014-7815,CVE-2015-5278,CVE-2015-7512,CVE-2015-8504,CVE-2015-8550,CVE-2015-8554,CVE-2015-8555,CVE-2015-8558,CVE-2015-8743,CVE-2015-8745,CVE-2016-1570,CVE-2016-1571,CVE-2016-1714,CVE-2016-1981,CVE-2016-2270,CVE-2016-2271,CVE-2016-2391,CVE-2016-2841
Sources used:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP2-LTSS (src):    xen-4.1.6_08-26.1
Comment 9 Swamp Workflow Management 2016-05-17 16:14:28 UTC 
SUSE-SU-2016:1318-1: An update that solves 45 vulnerabilities and has three fixes is now available.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 954872,956832,957988,958007,958009,958493,958523,958918,959006,959387,959695,960707,960726,960836,960861,960862,961332,961358,961692,962321,962335,962360,962611,962627,962632,962642,962758,963783,963923,964415,964431,964452,964644,964746,964925,964929,964947,964950,965112,965156,965269,965315,965317,967090,967101,968004,969125,969126
CVE References: CVE-2013-4527,CVE-2013-4529,CVE-2013-4530,CVE-2013-4533,CVE-2013-4534,CVE-2013-4537,CVE-2013-4538,CVE-2013-4539,CVE-2014-0222,CVE-2014-3640,CVE-2014-3689,CVE-2014-7815,CVE-2014-9718,CVE-2015-1779,CVE-2015-5278,CVE-2015-6855,CVE-2015-7512,CVE-2015-7549,CVE-2015-8345,CVE-2015-8504,CVE-2015-8550,CVE-2015-8554,CVE-2015-8555,CVE-2015-8558,CVE-2015-8567,CVE-2015-8568,CVE-2015-8613,CVE-2015-8619,CVE-2015-8743,CVE-2015-8744,CVE-2015-8745,CVE-2015-8817,CVE-2015-8818,CVE-2016-1568,CVE-2016-1570,CVE-2016-1571,CVE-2016-1714,CVE-2016-1922,CVE-2016-1981,CVE-2016-2198,CVE-2016-2270,CVE-2016-2271,CVE-2016-2391,CVE-2016-2392,CVE-2016-2538
Sources used:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 (src):    xen-4.4.4_02-22.19.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (src):    xen-4.4.4_02-22.19.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (src):    xen-4.4.4_02-22.19.1
Comment 10 Swamp Workflow Management 2016-05-30 17:09:33 UTC 
SUSE-SU-2016:1445-1: An update that fixes 8 vulnerabilities is now available.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 960726,962627,964925,964947,965315,965317,967101,969351
CVE References: CVE-2014-0222,CVE-2014-7815,CVE-2015-5278,CVE-2015-8743,CVE-2016-2270,CVE-2016-2271,CVE-2016-2391,CVE-2016-2841
Sources used:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS (src):    xen-3.2.3_17040_46-0.25.1
Comment 11 Marcus Meissner 2016-06-02 12:52:55 UTC 
released
Comment 12 Swamp Workflow Management 2016-07-06 09:17:50 UTC 
SUSE-SU-2016:1745-1: An update that solves 35 vulnerabilities and has 5 fixes is now available.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 864391,864655,864673,864678,864682,864769,864805,864811,877642,897654,901508,902737,928393,945404,945989,954872,956829,957162,957988,958007,958009,958491,958523,959005,959695,959928,960707,960725,960861,960862,961332,961691,963782,965315,965317,967012,967013,967630,967969,969350
CVE References: CVE-2013-4527,CVE-2013-4529,CVE-2013-4530,CVE-2013-4533,CVE-2013-4534,CVE-2013-4537,CVE-2013-4538,CVE-2013-4539,CVE-2014-0222,CVE-2014-3640,CVE-2014-3689,CVE-2014-7815,CVE-2014-9718,CVE-2015-5278,CVE-2015-6855,CVE-2015-7512,CVE-2015-8345,CVE-2015-8504,CVE-2015-8550,CVE-2015-8554,CVE-2015-8555,CVE-2015-8558,CVE-2015-8743,CVE-2015-8745,CVE-2016-1568,CVE-2016-1570,CVE-2016-1571,CVE-2016-1714,CVE-2016-1981,CVE-2016-2270,CVE-2016-2271,CVE-2016-2391,CVE-2016-2392,CVE-2016-2538,CVE-2016-2841
Sources used:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS (src):    xen-4.2.5_20-24.9
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 (src):    xen-4.2.5_20-24.9