HomeDefault status
unknown
consult Xen advisory XSA-477
unknown
Description
Shadow mode tracing code uses a set of per-CPU variables to avoid cumbersome parameter passing. Some of these variables are written to with guest controlled data, of guest controllable size. That size can be larger than the variable, and bounding of the writes was missing.
Product status
consult Xen advisory XSA-477
Credits
This issue was discovered by Jan Beulich of SUSE.
References
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/27/1
xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-477.html
xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-477.html