Linux disk/nic frontends data leaks T[his CNA information record relates...

7.1 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Linux disk/nic frontends data leaks T[his CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] Linux Block and Network PV device frontends don't zero memory regions before sharing them with the backend (CVE-2022-26365, CVE-2022-33740). Additionally the granularity of the grant table doesn't allow sharing less than a 4K page, leading to unrelated data residing in the same 4K page as data shared with a backend being accessible by such backend (CVE-2022-33741, CVE-2022-33742).

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

{'credit_data': {'description': {'description_data': [{'lang': 'eng', 'value': 'The issue related to not zeroing memory areas used for shared communications\nwas discovered by Roger Pau Monné of Citrix.\n\nThe issue related to leaking contiguous data in granted pages was disclosed\npublicly.'}]}}}