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        "cveId": "CVE-2023-46835",
        "assignerOrgId": "23aa2041-22e1-471f-9209-9b7396fa234f",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "XEN",
        "dateReserved": "2023-10-27T07:55:35.331Z",
        "datePublished": "2024-01-05T16:34:49.531Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2024-09-04T19:39:59.020Z"
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        "cna": {
            "title": "x86/AMD: mismatch in IOMMU quarantine page table levels",
            "datePublic": "2023-11-14T12:00:00Z",
            "descriptions": [
                {
                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "The current setup of the quarantine page tables assumes that the\nquarantine domain (dom_io) has been initialized with an address width\nof DEFAULT_DOMAIN_ADDRESS_WIDTH (48) and hence 4 page table levels.\n\nHowever dom_io being a PV domain gets the AMD-Vi IOMMU page tables\nlevels based on the maximum (hot pluggable) RAM address, and hence on\nsystems with no RAM above the 512GB mark only 3 page-table levels are\nconfigured in the IOMMU.\n\nOn systems without RAM above the 512GB boundary\namd_iommu_quarantine_init() will setup page tables for the scratch\npage with 4 levels, while the IOMMU will be configured to use 3 levels\nonly, resulting in the last page table directory (PDE) effectively\nbecoming a page table entry (PTE), and hence a device in quarantine\nmode gaining write access to the page destined to be a PDE.\n\nDue to this page table level mismatch, the sink page the device gets\nread/write access to is no longer cleared between device assignment,\npossibly leading to data leaks.\n"
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            ],
            "impacts": [
                {
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                        {
                            "lang": "en",
                            "value": "A device in quarantine mode can access data from previous quarantine\npage table usages, possibly leaking data used by previous domains that\nalso had the device assigned.\n"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "affected": [
                {
                    "defaultStatus": "unknown",
                    "product": "Xen",
                    "vendor": "Xen",
                    "versions": [
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                            "status": "unknown",
                            "version": "consult Xen advisory XSA-445"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "configurations": [
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                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "All Xen versions supporting PCI passthrough are affected.\n\nOnly x86 AMD systems with IOMMU hardware are vulnerable.\n\nOnly x86 guests which have physical devices passed through to them can\nleverage the vulnerability.\n"
                }
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                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "Not passing through physical devices to guests will avoid the\nvulnerability.\n\nNot using quarantine scratch-page mode will avoid the vulnerability,\nbut could result in other issues.\n"
                }
            ],
            "credits": [
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                    "lang": "en",
                    "type": "finder",
                    "value": "This issue was discovered by Roger Pau Monné of XenServer.\n"
                }
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                {
                    "url": "https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-445.html"
                }
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                    "dateUpdated": "2024-08-02T20:53:21.879Z"
                },
                "title": "CVE Program Container",
                "references": [
                    {
                        "url": "https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-445.html",
                        "tags": [
                            "x_transferred"
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                ]
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                            "type": "ssvc",
                            "content": {
                                "timestamp": "2024-04-12T04:00:28.791183Z",
                                "id": "CVE-2023-46835",
                                "options": [
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                                        "Exploitation": "none"
                                    },
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                                        "Automatable": "no"
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                                        "Technical Impact": "partial"
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