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-2026-42489 domctl lock open to abuse

This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE. 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...

SUSE CVE-2013-1920

Xen 4.2.x, 4.1.x, and earlier, when the hypervisor is running "under memory pressure" and the Xen Security Module XSM is enabled, uses the wrong ordering of operations when extending the per-domain event channel tracking table, which causes a use-after-free and allows local guest kernels to injec...

Design/Logic Flaw

Xen 4.2.x, 4.1.x, and earlier, when the hypervisor is running "under memory pressure" and the Xen Security Module XSM is enabled, uses the wrong ordering of operations when extending the per-domain event channel tracking table, which causes a use-after-free and allows local guest kernels to injec...

Potential use of freed memory in event channel operations

ISSUE DESCRIPTION Wrong ordering of operations upon extending the per-domain event channel tracking table can cause a pointer to freed memory to be left in place, when the hypervisor is under memory pressure and XSM Xen Security Module is enabled. IMPACT Malicious guest kernels could inject...