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Xenstore: Guests can crash xenstored during Live Update
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.
Announced Source revision 1
Original source ↗CVE-2026-79607
Primary source · Revision 1
Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.
Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-79607
Xen
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"vendor": "Xen",
"product": "Xen",
"versions": [
{
"status": "unknown",
"version": "consult Xen advisory XSA-514"
}
],
"defaultStatus": "unknown"
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-79607
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Publisher severity
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- Event
- #32929 · Revision 1
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