CVE-2013-4553
published 2013-12-24CVE-2013-4553: The XEN_DOMCTL_getmemlist hypercall in Xen 3.4.x through 4.3.x (possibly 4.3.1) does not always obtain the page_alloc_lock and mm_rwlock in the same order…
PriorityP416medium5.2CVSS 2.0
AVAACMAuSCNINAC
EPSS
0.56%
43.2th percentile
The XEN_DOMCTL_getmemlist hypercall in Xen 3.4.x through 4.3.x (possibly 4.3.1) does not always obtain the page_alloc_lock and mm_rwlock in the same order, which allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (host deadlock).
Affected
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CVSS provenance
nvdv2.05.2MEDIUMAV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
osv5.2MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.2MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.2MEDIUM
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GHSA
GHSA-gp79-c384-6cqv: The XEN_DOMCTL_getmemlist hypercall in Xen 3
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17
CVE-2013-4553 [MEDIUM] CWE-119 GHSA-gp79-c384-6cqv: The XEN_DOMCTL_getmemlist hypercall in Xen 3
The XEN_DOMCTL_getmemlist hypercall in Xen 3.4.x through 4.3.x (possibly 4.3.1) does not always obtain the page_alloc_lock and mm_rwlock in the same order, which allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (host deadlock).
OSV
CVE-2013-4553: The XEN_DOMCTL_getmemlist hypercall in Xen 3
osv·2013-12-24·CVSS 5.2
CVE-2013-4553 [MEDIUM] CVE-2013-4553: The XEN_DOMCTL_getmemlist hypercall in Xen 3
The XEN_DOMCTL_getmemlist hypercall in Xen 3.4.x through 4.3.x (possibly 4.3.1) does not always obtain the page_alloc_lock and mm_rwlock in the same order, which allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (host deadlock).
Red Hat
kernel: xen: lock order reversal between page_alloc_lock and mm_rwlock
vendor_redhat·2013-11-26·CVSS 5.2
CVE-2013-4553 [MEDIUM] kernel: xen: lock order reversal between page_alloc_lock and mm_rwlock
kernel: xen: lock order reversal between page_alloc_lock and mm_rwlock
The XEN_DOMCTL_getmemlist hypercall in Xen 3.4.x through 4.3.x (possibly 4.3.1) does not always obtain the page_alloc_lock and mm_rwlock in the same order, which allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (host deadlock).
Statement: Not vulnerable.
This issue did not affect the versions of the kernel-xen package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
This issue did not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 as we did not have support for Xen hypervisor.
Package: kernel-xen (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2013-4553: xen - The XEN_DOMCTL_getmemlist hypercall in Xen 3.4.x through 4.3.x (possibly 4.3.1) ...
vendor_debian·2013·CVSS 5.2
CVE-2013-4553 [MEDIUM] CVE-2013-4553: xen - The XEN_DOMCTL_getmemlist hypercall in Xen 3.4.x through 4.3.x (possibly 4.3.1) ...
The XEN_DOMCTL_getmemlist hypercall in Xen 3.4.x through 4.3.x (possibly 4.3.1) does not always obtain the page_alloc_lock and mm_rwlock in the same order, which allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (host deadlock).
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 4.4.0-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 4.4.0-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 4.4.0-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 4.4.0-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 4.4.0-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2013-4553 kernel: xen: lock order reversal between page_alloc_lock and mm_rwlock [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2013-11-26·CVSS 5.2
CVE-2013-4553 [MEDIUM] CVE-2013-4553 kernel: xen: lock order reversal between page_alloc_lock and mm_rwlock [fedora-all]
CVE-2013-4553 kernel: xen: lock order reversal between page_alloc_lock and mm_rwlock [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
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Bugzilla
CVE-2013-4553 kernel: xen: lock order reversal between page_alloc_lock and mm_rwlock
bugzilla·2013-11-11·CVSS 5.2
CVE-2013-4553 [MEDIUM] CVE-2013-4553 kernel: xen: lock order reversal between page_alloc_lock and mm_rwlock
CVE-2013-4553 kernel: xen: lock order reversal between page_alloc_lock and mm_rwlock
The locks page_alloc_lock and mm_rwlock are not always taken in the same order. This raises the possibility of deadlock.
The incorrect order occurs only in the implementation of the deprecated domctl hypercall XEN_DOMCTL_getmemlist.
A malicious guest administrator may be able to deny service to the entire host.
Acknowledgements:
Red Hat would like to thank the Xen project for reporting this issue.
Discussion:
Statement:
Not vulnerable.
This issue did not affect the versions of the kernel-xen package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
This issue did not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 as we did not have support for Xen hypervisor.
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This issue is public
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00010.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00059.htmlhttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xmlhttp://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3006http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/26/8http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00010.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00059.htmlhttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xmlhttp://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3006http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/26/8
2013-12-24
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