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GHSA-2VP3-CRWQ-3FG5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-07-16 09:31 – Updated: 2025-11-05 00:31

Details

For replayed instructions where the flags recovery logic is used, the metadata for exception handling was incorrect, preventing Xen from handling the the exception gracefully, treating it as fatal instead.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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  "id": "GHSA-2vp3-crwq-3fg5",
  "modified": "2025-11-05T00:31:21Z",
  "published": "2025-07-16T09:31:05Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-27465"
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      "url": "https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-470.html"
    },
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      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/07/01/1"
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CVE-2025-27465 (GCVE-0-2025-27465)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-16 09:08 – Updated: 2025-11-04 21:09

Title

x86: Incorrect stubs exception handling for flags recovery

Summary

Certain instructions need intercepting and emulating by Xen. In some cases Xen emulates the instruction by replaying it, using an executable stub. Some instructions may raise an exception, which is supposed to be handled gracefully. Certain replayed instructions have additional logic to set up and recover the changes to the arithmetic flags. For replayed instructions where the flags recovery logic is used, the metadata for exception handling was incorrect, preventing Xen from handling the the exception gracefully, treating it as fatal instead.

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-07-16 20:46 UTC

CWE

CWE-755 - Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

Assigner

XEN CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard D 56/100 over 46 records in the last 180 days details

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-470.html
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-470.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/07/01/1

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Xen	Xen	Unknown: consult Xen advisory XSA-470

Date Public

2025-07-01 11:56

Credits

This issue was discovered by Andrew Cooper of XenServer.

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