kernel: xen/privcmd: fix double free via VMA splitting

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's xen/privcmd module. A local user could exploit this by performing a partial unmapping of a privcmd memory region. This action causes a Virtual Memory Area VMA to split, leading to duplicated internal memory pointers. As a result, the same memory can be freed...

kernel: Buffer overflow in drivers/xen/sys-hypervisor.c

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Xen hypervisor driver drivers/xen/sys-hypervisor.c. This flaw occurs because the HYPERVISORxenversionXENVERbuildid function returns a build ID that is not properly null-terminated. When the buildidshow function...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux, Linux 5.10

Rogue backends can cause Denial of Service DoS attacks on guests through high-frequency events. This CNA information record relates to multiple Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVEs. Xen allows for the execution of PV...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux

A issue was discovered in the Linux kernel versions 3.2 through 5.10.16, as used by Xen. Grant mapping operations often occur during batch hypercalls, where multiple operations are performed in a single hypercall. The success or failure of each operation is reported to the backend driver, and the...

CVE-2026-42490

CVE-2026-42490 : The supplied documents describe a vulnerability in Xen domctl lock handling. When XSM/Flask is in use, certain domctl operations acquire the system-wide lock before performing permission checks, meaning lock acquisition may occur ahead of authorization. The root cause is a non-fa...

CVE-2026-42487

CVE-2026-42487 concerns the Xen hypervisor’s handling of x86 HVM I/O port list traversal. The root cause stated in the sources is that traversal of the linked list used for guest I/O port accesses requires synchronization with updates to the translation/mapping (XEN_DOMCTL_ioport_mapping), but th...

[SECURITY] Fedora 44 Update: xen-4.21.1-4.fc44

This package contains the XenD daemon and xm command line tools, needed to manage virtual machines running under the Xen hypervisor...

Fedora 44 : xen (2026-24b84f97af)

The remote Fedora 44 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-24b84f97af advisory. x86 HVM I/O port list traversal XSA-491, CVE-2026-42487 domctl lock open to abuse XSA-492, CVE-2026-42489, CVE-2026-42490 Arm: Completion of memory...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from th...

kernel: Buffer overflow in drivers/xen/sys-hypervisor.c

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Xen hypervisor driver drivers/xen/sys-hypervisor.c. This flaw occurs because the HYPERVISORxenversionXENVERbuildid function returns a build ID that is not properly null-terminated. When the buildidshow function...

kernel: xen/privcmd: fix double free via VMA splitting

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's xen/privcmd module. A local user could exploit this by performing a partial unmapping of a privcmd memory region. This action causes a Virtual Memory Area VMA to split, leading to duplicated internal memory pointers. As a result, the same memory can be freed...

kernel: Buffer overflow in drivers/xen/sys-hypervisor.c

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Xen hypervisor driver drivers/xen/sys-hypervisor.c. This flaw occurs because the HYPERVISORxenversionXENVERbuildid function returns a build ID that is not properly null-terminated. When the buildidshow function...

kernel: xen/privcmd: fix double free via VMA splitting

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's xen/privcmd module. A local user could exploit this by performing a partial unmapping of a privcmd memory region. This action causes a Virtual Memory Area VMA to split, leading to duplicated internal memory pointers. As a result, the same memory can be freed...

SUSE SLES15 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2026:2328-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLESSAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:2328-1 advisory. - CVE-2026-42487: x86 HVM I/O port list traversal bsc1266952. - CVE-2026-42488: x86: mismatched mapcache metadata bsc1266955. -...

SUSE SLES15 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2026:2329-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLESSAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:2329-1 advisory. - CVE-2026-42487: x86 HVM I/O port list traversal bsc1266952. - CVE-2026-42488: x86: mismatched mapcache metadata bsc1266955. -...

SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2026:2364-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLEDSAP15 / SLES15 / SLESSAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:2364-1 advisory. - CVE-2026-42487: x86 HVM I/O port list traversal bsc1266952. - CVE-2026-42488: x86: mismatched mapcache...

Xen: x86 HVM I/O Port List Traversal (XSA-491)

HVM guest I/O port accesses are subject to either emulation or at least translation. Translations are managed by the device model via XENDOMCTLioportmapping, and hence the linked list used may changed at any time. Traversal of those lists while handling guest I/O port accesses therefore needs...

Xen: domctl Lock Open to Abuse (XSA-492)

To create and manage guests, domctl operations are used by the control domain, a possible Xenstore domain, or by a domain controlling a particular guest. Some of these operations may not be executed in parallel, so a system-wide lock is used. The way that lock is acquired is, however, not providi...

AlmaLinux 9 : kernel (ALSA-2026:24381)

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:24381 advisory. kernel: smb: client: fix OOB reads parsing symlink error response CVE-2026-31613 kernel: Buffer overflow in drivers/xen/sys-hypervisor.c CVE-2026-31786...

Xen: x86 Mismatched Mapcache Metadata (XSA-494)

Some shadow paging errors paths will switch the page-tables without updating the currently running vCPU reference. This causes a mismatch between the loaded page-tables and the mapcache metadata which can lead to corruption of the mapcache. This can result in privilege escalation, Denial of Servi...