During Xenstore live update the state record for a Xenstore watch with
specified watch depth is written with two bytes missing. This results
in an inconsistent state when reading the state back in the new Xenstore,
causing a crash of Xenstore or wrong Xenstore data.

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Not doing a live update of Xenstore avoids the vulnerability. Switching to oxenstored avoids the vulnerability.

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Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:30:00 +0000


Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:00:00 +0000

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Description During Xenstore live update the state record for a Xenstore watch with specified watch depth is written with two bytes missing. This results in an inconsistent state when reading the state back in the new Xenstore, causing a crash of Xenstore or wrong Xenstore data.
Title Xenstore: Guests can crash xenstored during Live Update
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: XEN

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-13T16:13:38.746Z

Reserved: 2026-08-25T07:35:05.289Z

Link: CVE-2026-79607

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-13T16:17:22.937

Modified: 2026-10-13T17:17:46.570

Link: CVE-2026-79607

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