Vulnerability Details : CVE-2023-46836
The fixes for XSA-422 (Branch Type Confusion) and XSA-434 (Speculative
Return Stack Overflow) are not IRQ-safe. It was believed that the
mitigations always operated in contexts with IRQs disabled.
However, the original XSA-254 fix for Meltdown (XPTI) deliberately left
interrupts enabled on two entry paths; one unconditionally, and one
conditionally on whether XPTI was active.
As BTC/SRSO and Meltdown affect different CPU vendors, the mitigations
are not active together by default. Therefore, there is a race
condition whereby a malicious PV guest can bypass BTC/SRSO protections
and launch a BTC/SRSO attack against Xen.
Products affected by CVE-2023-46836
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-46836
0.01%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 1 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2023-46836
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4.7
|
MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
1.0
|
3.6
|
NIST | 2024-01-11 |
References for CVE-2023-46836
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https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-446.html
XSA-446 - Xen Security AdvisoriesPatch;Vendor Advisory
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