Vulnerability Details : CVE-2021-28710
certain VT-d IOMMUs may not work in shared page table mode For efficiency reasons, address translation control structures (page tables) may (and, on suitable hardware, by default will) be shared between CPUs, for second-level translation (EPT), and IOMMUs. These page tables are presently set up to always be 4 levels deep. However, an IOMMU may require the use of just 3 page table levels. In such a configuration the lop level table needs to be stripped before inserting the root table's address into the hardware pagetable base register. When sharing page tables, Xen erroneously skipped this stripping. Consequently, the guest is able to write to leaf page table entries.
Products affected by CVE-2021-28710
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.15.0:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-28710
0.08%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 20 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2021-28710
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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6.9
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MEDIUM | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
3.4
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10.0
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NIST | |
8.8
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HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
2.0
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6.0
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2021-28710
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The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2021-28710
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-23
Xen: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-23) — Gentoo securityThird Party Advisory
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https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-390.txt
Vendor Advisory
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I7ZGWVVRI4XY2XSTBI3XEMWBXPDVX6OT/
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: xen-4.15.1-4.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-ListsMailing List;Third Party Advisory
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