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prionPRIOn knowledge basePRION:CVE-2023-46837
HistoryJan 05, 2024 - 5:15 p.m.

Design/Logic Flaw

2024-01-0517:15:00
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arm
cache cleaners
arithmetic overflow
memory inconsistencies
guest memory
xsa-437
undefined behavior
approach
nvd

7.3 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%

Arm provides multiple helpers to clean & invalidate the cache
for a given region. This is, for instance, used when allocating
guest memory to ensure any writes (such as the ones during scrubbing)
have reached memory before handing over the page to a guest.

Unfortunately, the arithmetics in the helpers can overflow and would
then result to skip the cache cleaning/invalidation. Therefore there
is no guarantee when all the writes will reach the memory.

This undefined behavior was meant to be addressed by XSA-437, but the
approach was not sufficient.

CPENameOperatorVersion
xenle4.16

7.3 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%