Bug 202653 (CVE-2007-6416)

Summary:	app-emulation/xen <=3.1.2(ia64) vulnerability of copy_to_user in PAL emulation (CVE-2007-6416)
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	Lars Hartmann <lars>
Component:	Vulnerabilities	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal	CC:	xen
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2007-6416
Whiteboard:	~2 [ebuild]
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Lars Hartmann 2007-12-18 07:42:05 UTC

CVE-2007-6416 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2007-6416):
  The copy_to_user function in the PAL emulation functionality for Xen 3.1.2
  and earlier, when running on ia64 systems, allows HVM guest users to access
  arbitrary physical memory by triggering certain mapping operations.

Comment 1 Lars Hartmann 2007-12-18 07:45:38 UTC

The copy_to_user function in the PAL emulation functionality for Xen 3.1.2
and earlier, when running on ia64 systems, allows HVM guest users to access
arbitrary physical memory by triggering certain mapping operations.

Solution:
Apply Patch: http://xenbits.xensource.com/ext/ia64/xen-unstable.hg?rev/e6069a715fd7

Comment 2 Lars Hartmann 2007-12-18 07:45:58 UTC

Maintainers - please advice

Comment 3 Micheal Marineau (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-12-18 08:56:21 UTC

The Xen ebuilds do not currently support ia64, only x86 and amd64. So this is a non-issue for Gentoo.

Comment 4 Pierre-Yves Rofes (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-12-18 09:26:33 UTC

(In reply to comment #3)
> The Xen ebuilds do not currently support ia64, only x86 and amd64. So this is a
> non-issue for Gentoo.
> 

Thanks for the info, closing as INVALID.