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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2026-42490 EUVD-2026-37890GHSA-9xq7-8p44-p7p4

domctl lock open to abuse

Published Jun 18, 2026 · Updated Jun 18, 2026 · Assigned by XEN

Description

[This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the
text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.]

To create and manage guests, domctl operations are used by the control
domain, a possible Xenstore domain, or by a domain controlling a
particular guest. Some of these operations may not be executed in
parallel, so a system-wide lock is used. The way that lock is acquired
is, however, not providing any fairness. This is CVE-2026-42489.

Furthermore, with XSM/Flask in use, the lock acquire will, for some
operations, occur ahead of any permission checking. This is
CVE-2026-42490.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 xen 4.20.3+127-gc42374a105-1 —
Debian 13 xen 4.20.3+127-gc42374a105-0+deb13u1 —
Debian 12 xen 4.17.7-0+deb12u1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
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)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS xen No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS xen No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS xen No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 xen 4.20.3_06-150700.3.41.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2364-1
SLES 15 SP6 xen 4.18.5_18-150600.3.50.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2329-1
SLES 15 SP5 xen 4.17.6_12-150500.3.73.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2328-1
SLES 15 SP4 xen 4.16.7_10-150400.4.86.2 SUSE-SU-2026:2613-1
SLES 12 SP5 xen 4.12.4_70-3.145.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2668-1
Show 8 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 xen 4.18.5_18-150600.3.50.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2329-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 xen 4.17.6_12-150500.3.73.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2328-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 xen 4.16.7_10-150400.4.86.2 SUSE-SU-2026:2613-1
SLE Micro 5.5 xen 4.17.6_12-150500.3.73.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2328-1
SLE Micro 5.4 xen 4.16.7_10-150400.4.86.2 SUSE-SU-2026:2613-1
SLE Micro 5.3 xen 4.16.7_10-150400.4.86.2 SUSE-SU-2026:2613-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 xen 4.17.6_12-150500.3.73.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2328-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 xen 4.16.7_10-150400.4.86.2 SUSE-SU-2026:2613-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 xen 4.21.1-r6 —
Alpine v3.23 xen 4.20.3-r4 —
Alpine v3.22 xen 4.20.3-r4 —
Alpine v3.21 xen 4.19.5-r4 —
Alpine v3.20 xen 4.18.5-r9 —

Advisories 6

References