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CVE-2026-79602 (GCVE-0-2026-79602)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-08 12:11 – Updated: 2026-09-08 17:08
VLAI
Title
x86: improper handling of HVM emulation return codes
Summary
A guest with a PCI device assigned that has at least a BAR on the IO port space can trigger a BUG() in Xen.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Xen Xen Unknown: consult Xen advisory XSA-510
guessed Create a notification for this product.
Date Public
2026-09-08 12:00
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