Description
Any guest issuing a Xenstore command accessing a node using the
(illegal) node path "/local/domain/", will crash xenstored due to a
clobbered error indicator in xenstored when verifying the node path.
Note that the crash is forced via a failing assert() statement in
xenstored. In case xenstored is being built with NDEBUG #defined,
an unprivileged guest trying to access the node path "/local/domain/"
will result in it no longer being serviced by xenstored, other guests
(including dom0) will still be serviced, but xenstored will use up
all cpu time it can get.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xen | Xen | — | — |
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 | 4.20.3+127-gc42374a105-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | xen | 4.20.3+127-gc42374a105-0+deb13u1 | — |
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 | — |
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES 15 SP7 | xen | 4.20.2_08-150700.3.28.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:1093-1 |
| SLES 15 SP6 | xen | 4.18.5_12-150600.3.40.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:0908-1 |
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES for SAP 15 SP6 | xen | 4.18.5_12-150600.3.40.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:0908-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | xen | 4.21.1_02-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:10457-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | xen | 4.18.5_12-150600.3.40.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:0908-1 |
Alpine
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine v3.24 | xen | 4.21.0-r3 | — |
| Alpine v3.23 | xen | 4.20.2-r2 | — |
| Alpine v3.22 | xen | 4.20.2-r2 | — |
| Alpine v3.21 | xen | 4.19.4-r2 | — |
| Alpine v3.20 | xen | 4.18.5-r5 | — |
Advisories 4
- WID-SEC-2026-0760 Xen und Citrix Systems XenServer: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Oct 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:10457-1 xen-4.21.1_02-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 29, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:1093-1 Security update for xen SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 28, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:0908-1 Security update for xen SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 18, 2026