CVE-2026-42488 (GCVE-0-2026-42488)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-18 13:47 – Updated: 2026-06-18 15:07
VLAI?
Title
x86: mismatched mapcache metadata
Summary
Some shadow paging errors paths will switch the page-tables without updating the currently running vCPU reference. This causes a mismatch between the loaded page-tables and the mapcache metadata which can lead to corruption of the mapcache.
Severity ?
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-119 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Assigner
XEN
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Xen Xen Unknown: consult Xen advisory XSA-494
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Credits
This issue was discovered by Roger Pau Monné of XenServer.
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