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CVE-2026-42493

CVE-2026-42493 · x86 shadow paging is deprecated

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Addressing certain issues, in particular related to operations which may take excessively long and therefore would need preemption, has turned out overly costly. Since alternatives (HVM/PVH: HAP, PV: shim) are commonly available, the decision was to deprecate the functionality, while still retaining it for people to use at their own (security) risk. Memory-wise small enough guests may still be okay to run.

CVSS 7.5 · High · EPSS 0.4% · Fix available

Published
Updated

Stack: system

Affected products and versions

  • xen

    Versions
    • consult Xen advisory XSA-495: Unknown

    No fix published

  • xen Debian:12

    Versions
    • 4.17.1+2-gb773c48e36-1
    • 4.17.2+55-g0b56bed864-1
    • 4.17.2+76-ge1f9cb16e2-1
    • 4.17.2+76-ge1f9cb16e2-1~deb12u1
    • 4.17.2-1
    • 4.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1
    • 4.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1.1
    • 4.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1.1~exp1
    • 4.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1.1~exp2
    • 4.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1~deb12u1
    • 4.17.3+36-g54dacb5c02-1
    • 4.17.5+23-ga4e5191dc0-1
    • 4.17.5+23-ga4e5191dc0-1+deb12u1
    • 4.17.5+72-g01140da4e8-1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 4.17.7-0+deb12u1

    Update to 4.17.7-0+deb12u1

  • xen Debian:13

    Versions
    • 4.20.0+68-g35cb38b222-1
    • 4.20.2+37-g61ff35323e-0+deb13u1
    • 4.20.2+37-g61ff35323e-1
    • 4.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-0+deb13u1
    • 4.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-1
    • 4.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-2
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 4.20.3+127-gc42374a105-0+deb13u1

    Update to 4.20.3+127-gc42374a105-0+deb13u1

  • xen Debian:14

    Versions
    • 4.20.0+68-g35cb38b222-1
    • 4.20.2+37-g61ff35323e-1
    • 4.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-1
    • 4.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-2
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 4.20.3+127-gc42374a105-1

    Update to 4.20.3+127-gc42374a105-1

  • xen Ubuntu:16.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 4.5.1-0ubuntu1
    • 4.5.1-0ubuntu2
    • 4.6.0-1ubuntu1
    • 4.6.0-1ubuntu2
    • 4.6.0-1ubuntu4
    • 4.6.0-1ubuntu4.1
    • 4.6.0-1ubuntu4.2
    • 4.6.0-1ubuntu4.3
    • 4.6.5-0ubuntu1
    • 4.6.5-0ubuntu1.1
    • 4.6.5-0ubuntu1.2
    • 4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • xen Ubuntu:18.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 4.9.0-0ubuntu3
    • 4.9.0-0ubuntu4
    • 4.9.2-0ubuntu1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • xen Ubuntu:20.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 4.9.2-0ubuntu2
    • 4.9.2-0ubuntu6
    • 4.9.2-0ubuntu7
    • 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu1
    • 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2
    • 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.2
    • 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • xen Ubuntu:22.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 4.11.4+24-gddaaccbbab-1ubuntu2
    • 4.16.0-1~ubuntu2
    • 4.16.0-1~ubuntu2.1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • xen Ubuntu:24.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 4.17.2-1
    • 4.17.2+55-g0b56bed864-1
    • 4.17.2+76-ge1f9cb16e2-1
    • 4.17.2+76-ge1f9cb16e2-1ubuntu1
    • 4.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1
    • 4.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1.1ubuntu2
    • 4.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1.1ubuntu3
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • xen Ubuntu:26.10

    Versions
    • 4.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-2build2
    • 4.20.2+37-g61ff35323e-1ubuntu1
    • 4.20.3+127-gc42374a105-1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • xen Ubuntu:26.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 4.20.0+68-g35cb38b222-1
    • 4.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-2
    • 4.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-2build2
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

Original sources

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