CVE-2026-79609
CVE-2026-79609 · x86: XPTI may break on huge-memory systems
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XPTI (Xen Page Table Isolation) was introduced to mitigate Meltdown (CVE-2017-5754, one aspect of XSA-254). This involves copying 64-bit PV guest page table entries from guest-chosen root page tables to the Xen- chosen one which is in actual use by hardware. To read the guest root page table, the directmap is used. PV guests, however, have a directmap which may not cover all memory; in particular this is the case if any memory extends beyond the 5 TiB (CONFIG_BIGMEM=y: 3.5 TiB) address boundary.
CVSS 8.8 · High · EPSS 0.1% · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
xen
- Versions
- consult Xen advisory XSA-516: 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
- 4.17.7-0+deb12u1
- 4.19.0+14-g0918434e0f-1~exp1
- 4.19.1-1
- 4.19.1-1~exp1
- 4.19.1-1~exp4
- 4.20.0+68-g35cb38b222-1
- 4.20.0-1
- 4.20.0~rc2+1-gfcde5e0de8-1~exp1
- 4.20.2+37-g61ff35323e-1
- 4.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-1
- 4.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-2
- 4.20.3+127-gc42374a105-1
- 4.20.4+39-gf1e1321c87-1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
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
- 4.20.3+127-gc42374a105-0+deb13u1
- 4.20.3+127-gc42374a105-1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 4.20.4+39-gf1e1321c87-0+deb13u1
Update to 4.20.4+39-gf1e1321c87-0+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
- 4.20.3+127-gc42374a105-1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 4.20.4+39-gf1e1321c87-1
Update to 4.20.4+39-gf1e1321c87-1
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