translation. Translations are managed by the device model (via
XEN_DOMCTL_ioport_mapping), and hence the linked list used may changed
at any time. Traversal of those lists (while handling guest I/O port
accesses) therefore needs synchronizing with updates, which was missing
so far.
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DSA |
DSA-6424-1 | xen security update |
Solution
No solution given by the vendor.
Workaround
Running only PV or PVH guests will avoid the vulnerability. (Switching from a device model stub domain or a de-privileged device model to a fully privileged Dom0 device model does NOT mitigate this vulnerability. Rather, it simply recategorises the vulnerability to hostile management code, regarding it "as designed"; thus it merely reclassifies these issues as "not a bug". The security of a Xen system using stub domains is still better than with a qemu-dm running as a Dom0 process. Users and vendors of stub qemu dm systems should not change their configuration to use a Dom0 qemu process.)
| Link | Providers |
|---|---|
| https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-491.html |
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Thu, 18 Jun 2026 21:15:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| First Time appeared |
Xen
Xen xen |
|
| Vendors & Products |
Xen
Xen xen |
Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:45:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| Description | HVM guest I/O port accesses are subject to either emulation or at least translation. Translations are managed by the device model (via XEN_DOMCTL_ioport_mapping), and hence the linked list used may changed at any time. Traversal of those lists (while handling guest I/O port accesses) therefore needs synchronizing with updates, which was missing so far. | |
| Title | x86 HVM I/O port list traversal | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-362 | |
| References |
| |
| Metrics |
cvssV3_1
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Projects
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: XEN
Published:
Updated: 2026-06-18T15:07:31.335Z
Reserved: 2026-04-27T14:20:24.138Z
Link: CVE-2026-42487
Updated: 2026-06-18T15:07:31.335Z
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-06-18T21:00:13Z
Debian DSA