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Xen Security Advisory CVE-2023-28746 / XSA-452

x86: Register File Data Sampling

ISSUE DESCRIPTION
=================

Intel have disclosed RFDS, Register File Data Sampling, affecting some
Atom cores.

This came from internal validation work. There is no information
provided about how an attacker might go about inferring data from the
register files.

For more details, see:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/software-security-guidance/advisory-guidance/register-file-data-sampling.html

IMPACT
======

An attacker might be able to infer the contents of data held previously
in floating point, vector and/or integer register files on the same
logical processor, including data from a more privileged context.

Note: None of the vulnerable processors support HyperThreading, so there
is no instantaneous exposure of data from other threads.

VULNERABLE SYSTEMS
==================

Systems running all versions of Xen are affected.

RFDS is only known to affect certain Atom processors from Intel. Other
Intel CPUs, and CPUs from other hardware vendors are not known to be
affected.

RFDS affects Atom processors between the Goldmont and Gracemont
microarchitectures. This includes Alder Lake and Raptor Lake hybrid
client systems which have a mix of Gracemont and other types of cores.

MITIGATION
==========

There is no mitigation.

RESOLUTION
==========

Intel are producing microcode update to address the issue for in-support
CPUs. This is done by extending the VERW instruction with more
scrubbing side effects. Consult your dom0 OS vendor and/or hardware
vendor for updated microcode.

In addition to the microcode, changes are required in Xen to reposition
the VERW scrubbing and to activate it when necessary, as well as to
inform guest kernels of when the extra side effect is present and/or
when the system is believed to be not vulnerable. The appropriate set
of patches does this.

Note that patches for released versions are generally prepared to
apply to the stable branches, and may not apply cleanly to the most
recent release tarball. Downstreams are encouraged to update to the
tip of the stable branch before applying these patches.

xsa452/xsa452-?.patch xen-unstable
xsa452/xsa452-4.18-?.patch Xen 4.18.x
xsa452/xsa452-4.17-?.patch Xen 4.17.x
xsa452/xsa452-4.16-?.patch Xen 4.16.x
xsa452/xsa452-4.15-?.patch Xen 4.15.x

$ sha256sum xsa452*/*
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89ce3001975352a1321dc1577d9d14273e6b383080900881603339e5a860e1fd xsa452/xsa452-2.patch
775a2d57b7aa8e2522cce61b1ddebd267e36218ecdcc0f678db7ed0ed1f54c21 xsa452/xsa452-3.patch
0e56da437f3ea30b97f79fa1d247561815625e152c963dd504f11082863eaa32 xsa452/xsa452-4.15-1.patch
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237e9aa65122ef4a18f57e44f6841a80e967deac90e251ce629cba6ea2f66030 xsa452/xsa452-4.15-3.patch
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a4081d6329c9ba7dd95b2f693ef6cfa61ef3a6148b0e4279f2cc8648be98b1ca xsa452/xsa452-4.18-2.patch
d4f61f50c9c6c17888ae6a371a2bde95cfad92d4e72c5e3ca54638fb4cc6fcfa xsa452/xsa452-4.18-3.patch
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518da7d12c295851a1ae3a03cc28b290bc0e9dee4c4446d20d341c88c9908961 xsa452/xsa452-5.patch
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