** DISPUTED ** Kernel Samepage Merging (KSM) in the Linux kernel 2.6.32 through 4.x does not prevent use of a write-timing side channel, which allows guest OS users to defeat the ASLR protection mechanism on other guest OS instances via a Cross-VM ASL INtrospection (CAIN) attack. NOTE: the vendor states "Basically if you care about this attack vector, disable deduplication." Share-until-written approaches for memory conservation among mutually untrusting tenants are inherently detectable for information disclosure, and can be classified as potentially misunderstood behaviors rather than vulnerabilities.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/woot15/woot15-paper-barresi.pdf | Technical Description Third Party Advisory |
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/BLUU-9ZAHZH | Third Party Advisory US Government Resource |
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/BGAR-A2CNKG | Third Party Advisory US Government Resource |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1252096 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76256 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/935424 | Third Party Advisory US Government Resource |
http://www.antoniobarresi.com/files/cain_advisory.txt | Technical Description Third Party Advisory |
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Information
Published : 2017-03-03 03:59
Updated : 2020-06-04 12:29
NVD link : CVE-2015-2877
Mitre link : CVE-2015-2877
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CWE
CWE-200
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Products Affected
redhat
- enterprise_linux
linux
- linux_kernel