translation. Translations are managed by the device model (via
XEN_DOMCTL_ioport_mapping), and hence the linked list used may changed
at any time. Traversal of those lists (while handling guest I/O port
accesses) therefore needs synchronizing with updates, which was missing
so far.
No advisories yet.
Solution
No solution given by the vendor.
Workaround
Running only PV or PVH guests will avoid the vulnerability. (Switching from a device model stub domain or a de-privileged device model to a fully privileged Dom0 device model does NOT mitigate this vulnerability. Rather, it simply recategorises the vulnerability to hostile management code, regarding it "as designed"; thus it merely reclassifies these issues as "not a bug". The security of a Xen system using stub domains is still better than with a qemu-dm running as a Dom0 process. Users and vendors of stub qemu dm systems should not change their configuration to use a Dom0 qemu process.)
| Link | Providers |
|---|---|
| https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-491.html |
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| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| First Time appeared |
Xen
Xen xen |
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| Vendors & Products |
Xen
Xen xen |
Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:45:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| Description | HVM guest I/O port accesses are subject to either emulation or at least translation. Translations are managed by the device model (via XEN_DOMCTL_ioport_mapping), and hence the linked list used may changed at any time. Traversal of those lists (while handling guest I/O port accesses) therefore needs synchronizing with updates, which was missing so far. | |
| Title | x86 HVM I/O port list traversal | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-362 | |
| References |
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| Metrics |
cvssV3_1
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Projects
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: XEN
Published:
Updated: 2026-06-18T15:07:31.335Z
Reserved: 2026-04-27T14:20:24.138Z
Link: CVE-2026-42487
Updated: 2026-06-18T15:07:31.335Z
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-06-18T21:00:13Z