CVE-2026-79609

unknown

Assigned by CNA: xen

Published 2026-10-13 · Modified 2026-10-13

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

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Description

XPTI (Xen Page Table Isolation) was introduced to mitigate Meltdown (CVE-2017-5754, one aspect of XSA-254). This involves copying 64-bit PV guest page table entries from guest-chosen root page tables to the Xen- chosen one which is in actual use by hardware. To read the guest root page table, the directmap is used. PV guests, however, have a directmap which may not cover all memory; in particular this is the case if any memory extends beyond the 5 TiB (CONFIG_BIGMEM=y: 3.5 TiB) address boundary.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Tracked 1 release

Version	Package	Status	Fixed in
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References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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