Description
An issue was discovered in Xen 4.9 through 4.14.x. On Arm, a guest is allowed to control whether memory accesses are bypassing the cache. This means that Xen needs to ensure that all writes (such as the ones during scrubbing) have reached the memory before handing over the page to a guest. Unfortunately, the operation to clean the cache is happening before checking if the page was scrubbed. Therefore there is no guarantee when all the writes will reach the memory.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | xen | 4.14.1+11-gb0b734a8b3-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | xen | 4.14.1+11-gb0b734a8b3-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | xen | 4.14.1+11-gb0b734a8b3-1 | — |
| Debian 10 | xen | 4.11.4+99-g8bce4698f6-1 | DSA-4888-1 |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | xen | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | xen | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | xen | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | xen | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | xen | No fix yet | — |
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | xen | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | xen | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | xen | No fix yet | — |
Alpine
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine v3.24 | xen | 4.14.1-r3 | — |
| Alpine v3.23 | xen | 4.14.1-r3 | — |
| Alpine v3.22 | xen | 4.14.1-r3 | — |
| Alpine v3.21 | xen | 4.14.1-r3 | — |
| Alpine v3.20 | xen | 4.14.1-r3 | — |
Show 9 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine v3.19 | xen | 4.14.1-r3 | — |
| Alpine v3.18 | xen | 4.14.1-r3 | — |
| Alpine v3.17 | xen | 4.14.1-r3 | — |
| Alpine v3.16 | xen | 4.14.1-r3 | — |
| Alpine v3.15 | xen | 4.14.1-r3 | — |
| Alpine v3.14 | xen | 4.14.1-r3 | — |
| Alpine v3.13 | xen | 4.14.1-r2 | — |
| Alpine v3.12 | xen | 4.13.2-r5 | — |
| Alpine v3.11 | xen | 4.13.2-r5 | — |
Advisories 1
- DSA-4888-1 xen - security update Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-364.html
- FEDORA-2021-4c819bf1ad vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2021-47f53a940a vendor-advisory
- DSA-4888 vendor-advisory