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GHSA-PWV5-R8HR-FVGR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-08 15:31 – Updated: 2026-09-08 18:31

Details

x86 PV guests can free memory pages while still keeping a stale TLB entry pointing to them. A TLB flush is only issued by Xen (if needed) when the page is re-used. Since it's possible for the page to be scrubbed ahead of the TLB flush, there's a window where a PV guest can modify an already scrubbed page.

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2026-79603 (GCVE-0-2026-79603)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-08 12:11 – Updated: 2026-09-08 17:08

Title

Unconditionally do TLB flushing ahead of page scrubbing

Summary

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-09-08 13:42 UTC

CWE

CWE-664 - Improper Control of a Resource Through its Lifetime

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-511.html
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-511.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/08/8

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Xen	Xen	Unknown: consult Xen advisory XSA-511

Date Public

2026-09-08 12:00

Credits

This issue was discovered by Roger Pau Monné of AMD.

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